seulement : see note on p

,, 19. d'avoir servi de lien : distinguish between servir, servir à, and servir de.

, , 30. pour savoir à quoi m'en tenir sur . . , ' to know what to think of . .'

88. 9. tomber de Charybde en Scylla, ' to fall out of the frying-

pan into the fire.' Scylla and Charybdis are two rocks between Italy and Sicily, and in trying to avoid one, ships were often wrecked on the other. Cf. Merchant of Venice, Act iii. Se. s :-

When I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother.

16. si je ne vous ai pas crié g-are! ' if I did not warn you.' Gare, as an interjection, means ' look out ! ' ' take care ! '

19. défiez- vous : se défier, ' to distrust ' ; défier, ' to defy. ' , , 26. coupe-gorge, ' cut-throat den ' ; coupe-jarret, ' cut-throat. ' , , 30. vous êtes servi à souhait, ' your desires are gratified, '