II. vient d'assassiner — Note the idiom: comes

from assassinating — equivalent to our ' has just assassin- ^

ated.' So vient de faire, * has just done ; ' vient de diner, ' has just dined/ etc.

94. 13. vous. Dieu bon, vous, Dieu juste— Vous is used appositively. Note also the use of this pronoun in addressing the Deity, after the Latin form. 18. on doit mourir — ' as one ought to die.' Devoir here signifies obligation.

95. 5. Faire choir — Idiomatic, like faire voir, faire sentir, etc. ; lit., to make to fall, and hence here ' to bring down upon.' 8. Que Dieu me soil en aide — ' If God would aid me ! ' Exclamatory use of the subjunctive. 1 5. Note the different phrases, mal à la tête, mal de tête, and mal dans la tête.

97. 7, 8. Je vais m'en aller — Note the equivalent expression, in which we use also the verb as its own auxiliary, 'I am going to go away.' Note the usual meaning of s'en aller. 13. Je ne puis t expliquer — le or /* refers to the fact ' Vous vous perdez! The masculine pronoun often has this indefinite use, like the Spanish pronoun lo. After what verbs \»pas frequently omitted ?