le feu roi. (See " Historical Notes

12. un frère. Charles de France, duc de Guyenne, had headed a league of the nobles againM the king and afterwards conspired with the Duke of Burgundy. He died suddenly, and Louis was suspected.

Page 93, 1. 8. C'est ma faute, "mea culpa ", words of the "Confiteor", used after the sins hâve been confessed.

Page 94, 1. S. des pardons, in this sensé "indulgences", i.e. penanees; e.g. (in this case) alms prescribed by the Church. In the next line it means, literally, " forgiveness ".

10. dévolus, " they are due to me ". The word really means, as a law term, "vested in ", or "devolved upon ".

19. lâcher prise, to let go one's hold; ne pas lâcher prise, to keep hold of.

Page 95, 1. 23. je ne saurais, i.e. je ne peux pas, implies moral impossibility. Pas must be omitted in this case. Je ne saurais pas le faire, " I should not know how to do it ", literally.