CHAPITRE XVI. (III

1. 16. On se donne volontiers Vair, one readily assumes the air.

Page 75.

1. II. accoutumés à la tribune, accustomed to political oratory.

1. 12. leur reste de caractère, the remains of their individuality.

\. 11. on trompe, etc. Compare the remark attributedto Talleyrand, that "the use of speech is to conceal thought." Page 76.