livré à lul-môme; lit. delivered unto himself; in drear

loneliness.

20. allait lui porter les secours de la religion ; lit. used to

go and take to him the succour of religion ; brought him religious solace.

23. guerre des Alpes ; in 1796, when General Bonaparte invaded Piedmont. It ended in 1797. Note that names of rivers and moantains are alwaya pTecfeâife^'Viï^ *Cûft \<5SsK&ft «a^àâ^N thence des Connecting svLQXxe dSkài ^^ge^

PAO! UKB

78. 23. un militaire, a soldler; the author himself. Note that militaire is used sabstantively, thongh an adjective. Cf. un aveugle, un pauvre, etc.