ACT V

1857. Faux seigneur de clinquant recousu de gros fll, a lord made up of tinsel^ coarsely joined together.

I860. Pétrarque (1304-1374). 8a belle, celebrated in his sonnets', was Laura de Noves, a lady of Provence (1308-1348).

18ej5. Cher amour. See note for 1. 1025.

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1916. Madame. There is perhaps some Jicongruity in using this rather formal mode of address in the midst of so much tutoiement J but a rhyme was needed tor femme in the preceding line.

1929. Voici aue Je reviens à mon palais en deuil, hehold 1 return to my desolate palace. It must not be forgotten that this wedding feast takes place in Hemani's own palace, which is represented as standing idle and vacant during the days of his exile.

1937. Vienne ma dofla Sol, for que vienne ma dofia Sol,

1942. fait bien, looks weU.

1948. ml8 de la sorte, decwaled^in tAi« way.

1954. La nature à demi veille amoureusement. '^Nature Tidlf waking, watches us with love.^^ (Crosland) .

1980. Ahl malheureuse. The sound of the fateful horn in the midst of this scene of happiness is dramatic in the extreme. But here, and in what follows, it is difficult to comprehend how Hernani can have allowed matters to go so far, without making some effort to appease the inexorable Don Ruy Gomez. This reflection is generally an afterthought however, as for the moment, the intensity of the situation is all engrossing.

2086. Ta cloche, your wedding heUs.

2050. Revenir sur mes pas à la porte du ciell To retrace my steps when at the gates of heaven!

2120. Veux-tu me voir faussaire, etc. Here is the sentiment which leads to the .dénoument of the fifth act, the Spanish idea of honor which'is rigorous and severe.

2186. Sur moi qui t'oubliais. This may refer either to 1. 2041, where Hernani for the moment refuses to keep his promise, or to the whole situation, which he should have recognized as impossible, if he had not been unmindful of his oath and its consequences.

2158. vers un monde meilleur. In spite of the fact that here are two cases of evident suicide, Hugo neglects to depict in any way the Catholic fear of such a death. As the Catholic faith was deeply rooted in Spain at this time, any such omission seems a serious defect.

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