Emestine: Renan's daughter. See p

51. — 7. Fioretti (Italian: little flowers): a devotîonal book by Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), the founder of the Franciscan order.

51. — 8. Berthelot: a very eminent French scientist, the lifelong friand of Renan.

51. — 15. Elle abondait dans ce sens: ahe uxis only too wUling.

51. — 20. n'était plus qu'à quelques heures: v>a9 to corne in but a few kours.

51. — 28. aient fait: a colloquial substitution of the perfect for the imperfect subjunctive fissent.