comme devant . . : près. part, of devoir in the sensé

usnally rendered in the près, tense, 'I ani to' ; e.g. il doit partir ce soir, 'lie is to go to-night.' Transi, 'as about to . .'

,, 6. ne s'en doutait guère : transi, 'werc far from suspecting it.' Observe je m'en doutais, ' I thonglit as niucli.'

,, 11. leurs grandes entrées : properly the right of entrance into the king's apartment, which belonged to the gentlemen of the cîiamber ; there were also les petites entrées belonging to other functions. Hère, of conrse, it is used jokingly in the sensé of ' free pass,' for which the usual expression is avoir ses entrées à un théâtre. Transi. ' they had the pleasure of being on the free list.'

,, 15. et des uns et des autres, ' of both parties.'

,, 16. leur histoire à tous: à tous is in apposition to leur, ' their history to ail,' i.e. 'the history of each of them.'

,, 17. il en était de même . . : transi, 'it was the same as regards Petit-Jacqnes.'