Je me rejetai donc. — I then fell back upon

"Rejeter " ccnveys the idea of doing tbe best possible under the eircu instances.

98. Tout en remplissant tant bien que mal de méchantes places. — While filling, for better or worse, petty offices.

99. Je n'ai jamais su compter. — For I never could keep accounts. " Savoir " is thus used for " pouvoir " before those verbs which express acts that are usually performed only after study or practice. For example : Je sais lire. — I can read. Je sais nager. — I can swina.

100. Va, tu ancl toi. — The use of the second person singular hère expresses scorn. See note 55.

101. Je crains que cela ne soit difficile. — I fear that that will prove (a) difficult (matter).

With " ne " and " pas " the translation would be : I fear that that will not be difficult.