Que ne suis-je...! Why ami not...! IwishI

were...!

84. 26. Soupiraux. Cf.: "The seraglio shows how through a perf orated marble slab the odors of sweet perf urnes came up from the vaults where they burnt beneath" (" Christians and Moors of Spain," C. M. Tonge). Florian ( (( Précis historique sur les Maures"), Th.

Gautier ("Voyage en Espagne"), and Des-

P*ge. Line.

barolles (" Les deux Artistes en Espagne") also describe this peculiar marble slab.

35. 22. Two Paris éditions hâve lieux instead of jeux, It is hardly possible that Chateaubriand would hâve used the same word twice in succession.