coupées dans, * hewn in

22^ que : the first=acc. of relat pron., refers to désir; the second = conj. ' that ' depending upon Je pensais, 1. 222.

226. supplice de Tantale. Tantalus, a mythological person tormented in Hades, who stood in water and could not drink, and was surrounded with fruits and yet could not reach them.

229. Je révais à composer, < I spent hours in making up ' (in sort of day-dreams).