voulut, 'insisted

i^ — montât, fût. Subjunctives after a verb of wishmg. • , , — fut de, * should join,' ' should take part in.'

17. 2— c'est à M. le marquis de Oarabas. SnppXy qu'ils appar-

tienneîit. ' They belong to, etc.' 5 — disait, ' would say,' ' kept on saying.' 8 — ait. See note to i. 2, p. 12.

14 — le ï)6Ut.. le— recevoir. Omit in translating. ,, — le fit reposer. The se of reflexive verbs in the infinitive ai ter faire is oniitted. // se lail, ' he is silent ;' // le fait taire, ' he causes him to be silent.' 18 — le stands for the phrase ^«^/r^/a^<f5/ ZT^?'. "

,, — vous allez me voir, ' you shalî see me,' ' you are about to see me. '

25— saurais=/«z t.

31 - dessus =^«ré?//e. Compare the English tkereon, and the German

darayf. So dedans, SxiXh/^Xi&xX. line (1. i, p.' ïZ)^âàns le château.

Such expressions are used, to avoid putting after à prep. , a pro-

noun standing for the name of a tking. Hence, 'Viô^^ duàs Itci (for

château), but dedans.

18. 6 — rien de plus beau, * nothing finer. ' Note the constnfction with

adjectives after rien, quelque chose, etc. II — avait fait préparer, ' had caused to be prepared.' 17 — que vous ne soyez mon gendre, ' whether you shail be

my son-in-la\v. ' Subjunctive because depending on an impersonal

verb expressing doubt.

19— que lui faisait le roi. See note to 1. 13, p.- 3.

„— dès le même jour, * that very day.'

yULES Claretie. Born in 1840, and known as a successful joiirnâlist, novd ist and dramatist. He is at présent manager of the Théâtre-Prançais. His faJl name is/ules-Arsène-Arnaud Claretie.