n y a lon^emps qu'elle n'est venue ici, U iaa

long time svnce slie came hère. For this use of ne, see

Less. 61, iii. 2.

16. à lui tout seul, by himself, > 27. comment renvoyer, how covJtd she send away. Lit.,

* how to send away ;* a fréquent abbreviation after comment, 117.— 2. ce qu'on ne voulait pas qu'elle comprît, what

they did not wièh her to understand. For the subjunctive

comprît, see Less. 65, xviii. (6).