sa gx&ce, 'his pardon

10. manants, from Latin maneoy meant first those dwelling (mafientes) on a manor or estate, hence serfs, and persons of low rank or position generally. So too vilain cornes from mita, the term for a large farm.

15. Je ne savais pas que le père s'intéressât. Hère the subordinate sentence, after a verb of knowing, is subjunctive, because the principal verb is in the négative, and the speaker does not regard the subordinate sentence as stating a fact. Eve § 239 (2).