I. du prétendant : the Comte de Chambord ; see note on

12. il n'eût tenu qu'à elle de . ., ' had she wished it, she could . .' Cf. —

cela 7ie tient qu'à vous, ' it only dépends on you.' qu'à cela ne tienne, ' never mind that. ' s'il ne tient qu'à cela, ' if that is ail.' , , , , la Vendée : where the Royalist cause preserved many warm partisans long after the victories of the republican armies. 14. levée de boucliers, ' rising in arms ' ; lit. * raising of bucklers. '

17. ne revenait pas : ' could not recover.' Cf. je n'en reviens pas, ' 1 cannot get over my surprise. '

109. I. Henri V : the title given by the Legitimists to the Comte

de Chambord in anticipation of his accession to the throne. 3. n'entendait pas de cette oreille, ' would not listen to that. '

8. en voulait . . aux millions : see note on p. 96, 1. 22. , , 20. elle possédait son Levrault : cf. —

il possède bien cette affaire, ' he is thoroughly acquainted

with this affair. ' // possède bien ses classiques, ' he has his classics at his

fingers' ends.'

27. il n'était pas besoin : note the impersonal use of être instead of y avoir, and cf. il est des hommes qui . ., ' there are men who . .' , , du fil d'Ariane : the daughter of Minos ( Ariadne) gave Theseus the thread by means of which he was able to get eut of the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.

110. 4. de l'amphitryon : the use of Amphitryon's name in the

sensé of 'host,' ' entertainer,' is due to Sosie's famous saying in Molière' s play, Act iii. Se. 5 : —

Le véritable Amphitryon

Est TAmphitryon où l'on dîne.

,, 13. dôme, from Ital. domo. The circumflex is sometimes used as a sign of the length of a syllable, though no letter has been suppressed. Cf. extrême (Lat. extrcmum), théâtre {iheatrum).

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