de môme que, as, just as

18. que le sien ne l'avait été, than hers had been. For this use of ne, not required in English, see Less. 61, iii. 1. For le, » ^ 80,' but not reqaired in English, see Less. 44, V., note.

20. Elle n'était plus aussi déoouragrée que par le passé, 8he was no longer 80 mtush disamraged ax in the past, 10. — 3. bien qu'elle n'eût pas encore vingrt-cinq ans, although she was not yet twenty-five years old. Note that the subjunctive foUows 6ien qv^, * although,' where the indicative is used in English, see Less. 56, 3.