à mesure, as he read them

4. armoire de fer. Louis had had an iron closet constructed in the wall of a passage in the palace in which he kept important papers. The constructor revealed the secret of this closet to the minister Roland, who took possession of the contents. It was asserted that treasonable documents were f ound hère, but this is uncertain.

Page 93. — 1. répondit en inculpé, answered Uke a prisoner (who does not wish to admit the facts). 2. déguisement, déniai, subterfuge.

Page 94. — 1. de Spartiate, Spartan. The Spartans were noted for their frugality.