s'il allait prendre du groût poiu: Catherine et

que Pierre ne fût pas mort 1 suppose he were tofall in love wUh Quherinef cmd Pierre tœre not dead. Note that «{, ' if/ is often used where * suppose ' is the proper translation in English. Note also that si is repeated by qiie in the second clause, and that the subjunctive then follows. See Less. 64, iv. 3, and Note 1.

10 7«— 6. une très mauvaise combinaison, a very bad bargain.

9. qu'il n'en tirera, than he will abtain from it. Note the ne without négative force after the comparative. See Less. 61, iii. 1.