Acte II, Se. /] NOTES

L. 333. impute (subjunctive) à ma mémoire d'avoir, etc. : 'shall charge my memory with having,' etc. For mat, see 1. 160.

L. 335. dont dépends on perte ; and assurée is predicate : 'sees (to be) assured.' égarée, 'dazed,' ' bewildered.'

/,. 2,37- ce penser, for cette pensée, suborneur; 'corrupting.' Note the plural, écoutons.

L. 338. Qui ne sert quà ; idiom ; ' which serves only to increase.' Compare on the other hand, sert de : 'serves as,' 1. 159.

L. 339. Note the fine change from mon âme, 1. 339, to mon bras, when now ready for action. Allons, as 1. 58.

/,. 342. Je dois tout, etc. This emphatic tout is very fine, compared with 1. 322.

la 343- Quc Je meure — ou meure : in the sensé soit que — • whether — or.'

L. 350. Si : ' though,' ' even if.' Compare the concluding lines of the first stanza (299-300), and note hère the omission of the article.