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Il eût mis=ï^ aurait mis. Of. 18-13. IL, 225, note

33.— Dont rien ne justifie le pillage. Oonstme ‘dont le pillage,* ‘ the pillage of which.’ Note that ‘pillage* being the object of the verb is naturally found after the verb. In Voici Vhomme dont la sœur est malade, Here is the man whose sister is ill, where ‘ sœur ’ is subject, it naturally stands before the verb.

18. 12. — Au trouble. ‘ Trouble* ={\) désordre, confusion, {T) agi-

tation de l*âme, de l* esprit, as here. The Eng. ‘trouble’ is almost always ‘peine e. g., se donner la peine, to take the trouble. Of. p. 22, L 30.

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