à dresser le couvert, *to lay the table

8. d'autant plus remarquable que, 'ail the more striking, because.' Que hère follows d'autant, not the comparative.

19. Rien qn'à la voir, *at the mère sight of her.' Note the peculiar use of rien que, Eve § 489 Obs. i. The infinitive with à is hère used with a verb of judging, feeling, &c. to dénote the sign or reason for the judgment or feeling. See Eve §§ 206» 150.

on se sentait lui Tonloir du Uen» *one felt kindly towards her,' literally, 'one felt oneself to wish her good.*

i6. afllMllB, *rendered uninteresting.'

17. qui avait fait donner à l'un de ses ancêtres le nom de, * which had caused one of his ancestors to be called.* Hère the dative is ttot the dative of the person vSiex faire and an infinitive, but is govemed by donner. 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. Vun is used after à^ instead of un, for euphony.

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