passer outre, 'to proceed

16. si c'est la volonté du Cbrist, words used by Jeanne on a recorded occasion when she wished to spare Franquet d'Arras, a robber chîef captured by the French, and was. persuaded to let him be executed.

l8o LE CHEVRIER DE LORRAINE.

23. la paatOQXO, 'the shepherdess,* the old féminine form of pcuteur. Berger^ bergère hâve now replaced thèse words in their old meaning.

25. de son oôté, * towards her. * The genitive expresses direction. Eve § 132.

28. seirali-ta, 'are you/ The conditional is used hère to express a doubt in a question. The answer expected is 'no.' See Eve § 178 (i)and(2).