oe qu'il y a de mieux à faire, c'est, the bea thing

to dois. Compare 96-^8.

19. moins il y aura de geua ayant su ses beaux projets et mieux cela vaudra, thefewer the people who hâve knovm her fine projects, the betier it wiU 6e. See Less. 35, iii. 2. The et in such constructions is = Latin etiam, and 1b sometimes used, sometimes omitted. It is redundant in English.

100. — 6. sans se douter de rien, withotU auspecUng anyihing. Note that the omission of sewould change 'suspecting' to * doubting.' 19. sans que son père parût comprendre, wùhout her faiher aeeming to understand. For the subjunctive after sans que^ see Less. 56, 3.

21. l'élever sous cloche, to raise him under glass. Lit., * a bell glass.' 101. — 4. Je me rattraperai sur autre chose, I vriU eeonomize on soTMthing else, IvnU make it up on something else. 9. en tous cas, at ail evenls. En tout cas is aiso used in the same sensé.

102«— 7. ne laissaient sruère passer de Jours, Ut but few days pass,