comme à la suite, as the resuU

11. une nuit blanche, a deepless night; lit, * a white night' 25. en avait annoncé Tintention, had announced her tntention of doing. Note the force of en, so frequently redundant 67. — 2. à l'égard de leur fille, with référence to their daughter. 6. au moins la nuit, at least in the night, See Less. 35, ii. 3. 6. elle joigrnait les mains, she dasped her hands. See Less. 35, ii. 1. 22. que ne semblait le justifier la secousse, than the shock seemed to justify. For the use of tu;, see 61, iii. 1 ; and for the use of le, see Less. 44, y. Note. Both are redundant in English.

29. l'eût entraînée à écarter doucement la portière, had induced her to put gendy aside the portière. For the subjunctive eût, see Less. 66, 2 ; and for the form entraînée, see Less. 51, xiiî. 2, Note 1 ; the P beîng ïogicaUy the subject of the infinitive écarter.

34. comme ils font, as they do. This use affaire, replacing another verb, is less comraon in French than the use of do in English.

68. — 9. qu'il ne voulait en demander à Biffai, than he wished to ask of BigaL As so often, the en, * of ît,* is redundant. 27. qu'il ne se passe très facilement de, thai he easUy does without. For the ne, redundant after verbs of fearing, see Less. 61, iii. 1.

34. Elle n'a rien au corps, she has no physical trovble. 69. — 6. que comportait son petit accident, which her little accident required. For the inversion of verb and subject, see Less. 38, î. 2.

Pftge. Line.

69.—18. s'il en est ainsi, if that is ihe case; lit, 'if it îs thns

about it/ tbe en, ' of it/ ' aboat it,' being, as so often, re-

dundant in English.