enfin, *just

31. avant qn'U eût pu. We might expect p^f, not eût /m; but the sensé is *before he cûuld hâve barred the door, if he had wanted to do so.* The attempt even was not made. For avcmt çue, see Eve §«64.

donna passai à, Met in.*

32. valets de meute, 'huntsmen,' or 'whippers-in/ in charge of the pack (meute).

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