Fit. — Prétérit of faire, to do, p

4. Je n'ai point de talent, encore moins de figure. — I hâve no talent, and of beauty s till less. Figure is thus used absolu tely for a fine appearance, Personal attractions.

5. Nul ne prend garde a moi. — None take any notice of me. Nul, no, no one, always takes ne before the next verb. See Graminar, p. 67, § 3.

6. Autant vaudrait n'exister pas. — One might as well not exist ; literally, it would be worth as much not to exist. Vaudrait is tbe conditional of valoir, p. 191, § 63.

7. Aussitôt les voilà courants. — They inimediately begin running ; literally, behold them running at once. As a gênerai principle the présent part, is invariable, unless it is used adjectively as in IX., note 18. This rule is rarely infringed, even in poetry.

8. Dont ils ont tous envie. — Wliich they ail want or désire. For avoir envie, see Grammar, p. 51.

9. Devient. — Présent of devenir, to become, from venir, p. 187, § 51.

10. Survient. — Cornes up. Présent of survenir, from venir, p. 187, § 51.

11. Il ne fallait pas tant d'efforts. — So many efforts were not needed. Fallait is the imperfect of falloir, to be necessary, p. 190, § 57.

12. 27 en coûte trop cher. — It costs too dear. The mind will readily supply what en hère stands for, though it cannot so easily be put into words. It might mean : It costs too much (in money, in pain, in blows, &c). A somewhat similar use of en lias been seen in IV., 9.

13. Vivons caché. — Let me live concealed. In French the imperative mode is defective, and having no first person singular, its place is supplied by the first person plural.

1. Vernet. — Claude Joseph Vernet, born 1714, died 1789. He was the grandfather of Horace Vernet, the celebrated historical painter.