les taire, *say nothing about them

1. 19. peut-être. He means that perhaps he has spoken too freely in the preceding scène.

1. 20. c'^est de votre âge, *it is characteristic of youv âge'. For the genitive, cf. the Latin cujusvis hominis est errare.

1. 22. sur cet article, * on this point', * on this head '. ,, quiconque... rien, i.e. according to her view. LE P. 6

1. 25. elle devinait être^ 'she should have... ' 1. 27. jouit de tous. Notice the genitive with jouir» 1. 28. achetés^ not acheté though conjugated with avoir^ because the direct object que précèdes the verb.