nous en aurons à peine. Supply assez

30. lui posa la main. This is a double instance of the very fréquent construction explaiued in the note to p. 2, 1. 2. Both poss. adjs. bave been replaced by the article, the dative pronoun lui being sufficient to prevent any confusion of persons. Cf. On lui attacha les mains derrière le dos, ' They tied bis hands behiud bis back.' German : Er fiel dem Vater um den Hais, ' He fell on his father's neck.'

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