malhonnête, here = *unmannerly

près mon château .. .près du vôtre. Notice that although *near' must be generally rendered by près de as in the latter of thèse examples, yet one can also say près l'église, près la maison, but only when speaking of a place. Près moi, près lui, &c. are inadmissible. 1. 12. en, 'for it'. 1. 13. Jief, 'property'.

,, enlevé à, 'carried off from', *seized from'. Be careful not to confuse enlever with élever, 'to raise'. Notice the dative in French where in English we use a genitive with verbs of taking away. Cf. p. 7, 1. 25.

>> 1573 = ^^7 cinq cent soixante-treize, or quinze cent soixantetreize. Mil is used (instead of mille) in giving dates in the Christian era. Cent, not cents, because another number' folio ws.

NOTES

1. 18. nous avons le temps ^ * we have plenty of time 1. 19. vitraux, from vitraiL One of the eight nouns which change -ail into -aux in the plural.