lui. Notice the dative with persuader

1. 16. si je ne lui avais écrit. Notice the omission of pas. Si ne = 'unless', *except'.

1. 18. encore a-t-elle mis, 'even then she has imposed'. Notice the inverted order. The verb is thus put before the subject after the conjunctions âî^/j'j-/, *therefore'; à peine, 'scarcely'; peut-être^ 'perhaps', and some others.