qnelqae chose de repoussant, * an unpleasant look

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

26. 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 when the speaker wishes to pass on to another subject

se résumait, *was summed up.*

29. il ne restait plus 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.' 10. au passage, 'passing.' The dative is used hère to dénote the occasion when the king might be seen. See Eve § 153. 13. voyei plutôt, ' just see.'

i6, nn hochepot, ' a stew.*

i8. s'était droBsé sur son séant, 'had sat up/ or *had risen to a sitting posture.'