je ne laisse pas d'avoir : see note, p

27. qui est had better be left out, as it is unnecessary for the sensé, and there is another relative pronoun foUowing.

81. 5. que je ne les fasse : see note, p. 63 1. 18. 6. engage, for oblige.

9. tout ce que vous voudrez : why the future ? See note, p. 28 1. 9.

par-dessus le marché, ' into the bargain. ' Note — avoir bon marché de, ' to triumph easily over. ' faire bon marché de, ' to think little of, ' ' hold cheap. '

13. entre autres : entre, which, as a rule, is used with référence to two objecta only, may refer to an indefinite number to dénote sélection, excellence, etc., and is then translated by ' among ' ; e.g. —

le plus grand entre tous, ' the greatest among ail. ' Cf. note, p. 20 1. 13.

17. graves : in its double sensé of ' grave ' and ' weighty. ' Cambyse : Cambyses, son of Cyrus the Great, succeeded

bis father as king of the Medes and Persians in 529 B.C. After conquering Egypt, he completely failed in his expéditions against the Ammonites and Ethiopians. He was a vindictive tyrant, and had his brother Smerdis and his own wife put to death. He is said to hâve died of a wound in the thigh which he inflicted upon himself whilst getting on horseback.