i>er8onne = quelqu'un, qui que ce soit

14. 9. quelle est la folle ; lit. what the foUy is ; Tunofoolish it is.

13. J'espère et crois, for Je crois. Personal pronouns may be

repeated or understood when subjects to several verbs following each other. The ellipsis renders the sentence more rapid ; their répétition gives to it more energy.

15. quand = alors môme que ; lit even then when ; eveni wm Itobe myself unvrilling to uvdertake it.

17. sans qu'il fût question de départ ; lit. without that there was any mention ... ; vrithout the day of d^parture heing mentioned^ alluded to.

23. ils prenaient de l'inquiétude ; lit. they used to take un*

easiness ; tJiey hecame uneasy.

26. ils la crurent . . . partie ; lit. they thought her departed ;

they thought she had gone away,

30. Tu as bien tardé ; lit. thou hast much delayed ; you are very laU. Hère à venir, in coming, may be understood after tardé. Tarder changes its meaning according to what préposition follows it : thus, tarder à, to delay^ to he long in ; tarder de, to long to, to be anxious to. The latter is constructed impersonally with a personal pronoun as indirect object— il leur tardait de la voir.