de tout le malheur, of the depth of misery

fieunllle, parents,

14. lui vint à l'esprit, crossed her mind. Note the use of the Personal pronoun and the definîte article instead of fhe possessive adjective. When, in English, a possessive adjective is placed before a noun, expressive of a part of tiie body, or of an intellectual faculty, this adjective is gênerally replaced in French by a personal pronoun standing as indirect object to the verb, and a definite article is placed before the noun. Should there be no possibUity of a misunderstanding as to the possessor, the definite article alone is used : 11 perd la tôte, he is losing his head.