EUe baisse d*un toHt lit. she sings one tone lower

1. 400. vaurien, good-for-nothing fellow, i.e, un homme qui ne vaut rien, Some writers of the fîfteenth century hâve the word vaultnéant,

1. 401. à jamais, for ever. Jamais is derived from jà (L,jam), already, and maù used in the sensé of plus, more> L. magis, Comp. the expression n^en pouvoir mais ^n^ en pouvoir plus. The original meaning of jamais is an afEimative one, and it becomes négative only in connection with ne either expressed or understood.

L 416. je ne puis croire. The négative *not* is expressed by ne without pas or point with the three verbs cesser, to cease, oser, to dare, pouvoir, to be able, when followed by an infinitive.

1. 417. ne m^en ouvrez la bouche, L e. n* ouvrez la bouche devant moi sur ce sujet.

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