leur enfant au berceau, tkeir ehild in the ercuUe. Note

the use of à for * in/ frequently denoting a natural or permanent condition ; thus, au lit, 'in bed / les larmes aux yeux, *the tears in the eyes;* and of a prisoner, "au donjon de Vincennes" *in the dungeon of Vincennes,*

17. — 12. il regrardait comme au-dessous de sa digrnité de prêter le moindre secours, he regarded U as beneath hia dlgnity to lend the least assisUmce, Prêter, depending upon the implied object of regardait (i. e., ** he regarded the business of lending, etc."), is, as regularly in such cases, introduced by the préposition de,