afilEuUB, *rendered uninteresting

17. qui avait fiait donner à l'un de ses ancêtres le nom de, * which had caused one of his ancestors to be called.* Hère the dative is not the dative of the person zSX&x faire and an infinitive, but is governed by donfur, The ambiguity of the phrase (which might mean, grammatically, * which had caused one of his ancestors to give the name of...*) is removed by the context. See Eve § 115 Obs. 4. Z'«« is used after <i, instead of un^ for euphony.

20. Je ne sais quelle, 'a certain,' literally, 'I know not what,' used of an indefinable impression.

11, quelque chose de repoussant, * an unpleasant look.*

34. rien ne lui coûtait, 'no effort was too great.' Lui hère is the dative of the person interested, after a verb of cosHng. There is an ellipsis of the direct object, some word like tropt or we may translate " nothing was (too) costly to him."

16. du reste, 'besides, in fact.' Au reste and du reste are often used indifferently, to pass on to a new sentence, but the theory (often disregarded in practice) is that au reste introduces a statement of the same kind as what goes before, while du reste introduces an unconnected or contrasted statement ; au reste is also used whea the speaker wishes to pass on to another subject

se résumait, 'was summed up.'

ap. il ne restait idus à obtenir que, * there was nothing more needed but.*

30. le consentement du seigneur. A feudal lord had to be asked for permission if his serfs desired to marry. Sometimes a sum of money was paid for such permission.

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7. des meutes, 'of the hounds,* literally, *of the packs.' la au iMUNMge, 'passing.' The dative is used hère to dénote the occasion when the king might be seen. See Eve § 153. 13. voyea plutôt, * just see.*

i6. anhooliepot, *astew.'

z8. s'était âressé snr son séant, *had sat up/ or 'had risen to a âtting posture.'