de se mettre en ménagée, to marry and seule down

30. Force fut donc à madame de Qaillac de renoncer à. son projet, it was then ahsolutelynecessaryfor madame de Qaillae to renounce her projecL The form force fut de is much more emphatic than Ufut nécessaire de.

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50, — 8. avait coutume de porter, used to wear. For the omission of the article, see Less. 35, iii. 3, Note. 10. diamants aux trois pendants, diamonds tmth ihree

pendants. For this use of avx, see Less. 39, iv. 4. 20. à ne parler à la jeune femme que de la première rencontre des deux cousins, to speak to the ycmng wcrman only of the first meeting of the two cousins, Wben ne . . . quA are thus used, it promotes fluency of translation to introduce only in Ënglish where the çue is placed in French.

34. d'avouer que non, to achundedge that she had not, 57* — 1. comment voulez- vous? kowdoyou suppose f A fréquent use of vouloir, 9. il a cru reconnaître, he believed that he reœgnized, The subject of the infinîtive is omitted, as usual, being the same as that of the principal verb.

34. ce n*est pas facile à trouver, she is not easy to find. For this use of à compare 50-35.

5S«— 11. les projets de madame de Gaillac eussent abouti, the prqjects of Madame de OaUlajc might hâve succeeded, 25. qui lui avait traversé l'esprit, which had crossed her mind. For this use of the article, see Less. 35, ii. 1. 59. — 3. elle ne se serait pas cru le droit, she wauld not hâve believed that she had the right, 17. vint à passer par là, happened to pass that way. Note thèse uses of venir :— venir de, to hâve just ; venir à, to happen tOy venir (with inf.), to corne tOj to corne in order to,

28. sans s'en douter, wiihout suspecting it ; but sans en douter = iràAot^ doubting it, 60.— 4. une toute petite fille, a very Utile girl. For this change of the ad verb toutCf see Less. 47, îii. 2.