ni l'or ni les grandeurs ne nous rendent heureux

this often-quoted sentence is the opening line of La Fontaine's Philémon et Baucis.

9. à ce compte : see note on p. 118, 1. 25. II. ronger son frein: lit. 'to champ the bit,' fig. ' to fret one's self.'

153. 19. bien avant dans la nuit : as an adverb avant is only

used with another adverb, as si, bien, plus, très, trop, fort, assez. Cf. Corneille —

Mais je vais trop avant et deviens indiscret.

ils étaient aux prises : see note on p. 84, 1. 15. , , 25. ceint d'une écharpe tricolore : as badge of his authority. 29. j'en apprends de belles : cf. note on p. 97, 1. 5.

154. 21. tôt ou tard : note il vaut mieux tard que jamais, ' better

late than never. '

155. 2. myrmidon, or mir7?zido?i, ' shrimp,' ' pigmy.' The Myrmi-

dons were a Greek tribe dwelling originally in the island of Aegina, then in Thessaly, whence they followed Achilles to the siège of Troy. According to Hesiod, a pestilence having devastated Aegina, ants were changed into raen in order to repeople the country.

7. après vous être mis à plat ventre, ' after crin gin g.' Note ventre à terre (in riding), 'full speed. ' 10. repartit: distinguish between r^i^^zr/^V and r^û;r/?>.