Monstres d'Asie, eunucha of the seraglio or harem

207. Ne veut rienlqu'ardemment, whatever my heart degtrea U désires ardendy.

2220. J'ai par-dessus tous, I home over you this advantage, i.e. this pleasure, etc.

230. Peut . . . Jouir de mon aspect, may look at me (lit. enjoy the sight of me) . The line is in the style of Louis XIV., U roi SoleU, or, for that matter, of an eastem snltan.

240. Leur dut êtreiaccordôe, was to be granted them, This use of the verb devoir^=^^^ io be to,'> should be carefully noticed, as it differs from "to hâve to," and still more from "owe" (ought to), etc., which in other connections may be the correct equiyalents.

266. It is correct to say Je remplis mon devoir^ but one should not say Je remplis mes serments^ mon honneur.