sans rien préjuger, withotit prejudice to any one

Page 61. — 1. à la bonne heure, here: I am glad you see this.

2. en venant la prendre, when I shall call for you (la = sa Majesté).

3. . . . nous voilà bien, être bien, "to be at one's ease"; here ironical, now we are in a nice fix.

Page 62. — 1. ... il y va de notre salut à tous, the matter is of the greatest importa?ice for us all.

2. à la bonne heure. The meaning of this phrase happens to suggest itself here from the very words: bonne heure, as though the

speaker meant that the occasion were favorable. Nevertheless, the colloquial meaning is so broad and general that it will not do to analyze the phrase. Trans. That is quite a stirprise ! Cf. previous cases of its use; page 34, note 4; page 57, note 1.

Page 63. — 1 . a rapport, is in reference to.

2. que d'oser, to dare. This is the subject of the sentence, pointed out and emphasized by the que which, in such positions, cannot be translated.