du caractin . . .^fermntss and décision

6. vous avei ... en reine. The sentence ending with du caractèie was not finished. Abigaïl ther^ore complètes it by this remark : Y»m kavt spoken to tke duckess like a queen.

7. nalTeneat, almost = "giving hersclf away," naJvely, i.e. ungmardtdly^ Uke a child who knows nothing of what coustitutes ridlcole.

Pac* ftS* — I. les convenances, tk< ruUs of ttiquttte. 2. jft TOBlaie, ttuA vas my vrill.