étaitilie, on a f air footing ofintirnocy

18. elle voulait ; lit. she wished ; she thought it nseessary.

se faire connaître ; cause herself to be, make herself be, known ; tell who and what she toas. See note p. 21, L 13.

19. au premier abord ; lit. at the first meeting ; at ihe oiUsd,

atjirst,

21. se roidtr, obsolète for raidir, and pronounced in the same

way ; lit. to stiffen themselves ; hère figuratively used— to hard&n themselves,