hier encore, tiens! "Why even yesterday

120, 12. Tu la jetteras aux orties, lit., "you will throw it to the nettles," i. e., you will unfrock and break your vows. There is no English equivalent for this graphic idiom, which is particularly imfortunate since it occurs at such an emotional crisis.

125, 5. au premier, the first story above the ground floor, "on the second story."

5. cour d'honneur, "court of honor," a large central court. French mansions are very generally built aroimd a large court.

18. Voilà. Bien le respect, "That is all. By your leave" or " Very respectfully." The servant leaves with a respectful bow.

127, 7. bien qu'il m'en coûtât, "although it cost me mudi."

128, 21. A ce point? ''So much as that?"

129, z. Le pliis beau n'est pas dit. "The worst is not told." 15. à en être certaine, "to the point of certainty."

141, 8. que, compare note on page 6, line 12.

148, 5. Lnitation, the Imitaiion of Christy famous medieval work of mystic devotion ascribed to Saint Thomas à Kempis.

149, II. dans le temps, "in the old days."

150, 1. Magnificat, Latin hymn of or by the Virgui Mary beginning with this word.

Z55> 9- Siio va bien me manquer, "I am gomg to miss it very much."

158, 18. LiTre d'heures, "book of hours," "prayerbook," containing the prayers of the Church, mass, etc.

159» i3- maîtresses, feminine to agree with dtneSf "masters."

161, 3. dizaine, "decade," referring to the ten small beads of the rosary between the large beads.