le refers to conseil de défense

3. Tronchet and Target were both distinguished lawyers. The latter also assisted on the Code Civil. The epithet âme pusillanime applied to him farther on is unjust. The state of his health

made it impossible for him to undertake the défense of the king. He showed his courage by subséquent acts.

Page 96. — i. parole sonore, high-sounding name.

2. Desèze (or de Sèze) was at this time forty-four years old. His speech was a masterpiece of éloquence. Louis XVIII, in récognition of his services to his brother, ennobled him and made him judge of the Suprême Court.

3. Lamoignon. The full name was Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (malzerô) and it is by this last name that he is known in history. He was born in Paris in 1721. His efforts to save the life of the king were of no avail and, finally, cost him his life. He was accused of treason to the republic and executed in 1794. The epithet consulaire means having held, or worthy of holding the highest offices.

Page 98. — i. homme de bien, good man; bon homme might mean good natured man.