généreusement, used hère with a point of irony : if they

could do so now, why not before ?

24. après que les remises furent achevées, wh^en the pool had

been duly pai up.

25, BODaibles ; lit. tangible, tVia-t covùâi \ifc ^^\. \ «pwsUiX^ 'maxked. The English word eenatote « \,^^\ai«â. m "ïx^vâ^ \>-^ ralBoaaatale.

e. 4. est-il bien vrai, Is U afaci f Can U he true t

5. que J'ai vu ; the sabjunctive may be used hère ; the indicative,

however, expresses better the idea that penrades the mind of the speaker, that ^e has indeed seen the empress.

7. à mesure que ses idées plus claires se débarrassaient des va];>eurs du sommeil ; lit as her ideas become clearer, got rid of the drowsiness of sleep ; which, less poetically expressed, cornes to : Ihe elearer her ideas beccmie as she got toiaer atoake,