Le ciel nous Toulut, <t has pUaetd hMven to

11^, Toucher k^toheoniM pofnt of touching^ to draw near to,

Withont the préposition, toucher is ezactly **tonch." Cf. ComeiUe's

PolyeueUj act IV, se. 6: Mon Polyeucte touche à sa dernière heure, 779. Incertaine, heve^troubledl>ydoubt8, 786. Gage précieux, i.e. the rite of baptism. 796. Que faut-il, i.e. guejefasaef **What mnst I do?'* 827. Nérestan listens only to the voice of religious ardor,

while Zalre's whole religion is really her love for Orosmane. 888. Du sang dont tous sortei, of the race from whieh you aprcmg, 847. Cependant, hère mea/nwhfle (pendant ce). Son alliée, éhe

who is aUied to him (by race and relationship). 876. Sans innocence, rather a étrange way of saying that, if

she mnst perish, Providence will not allow her to die unless she is

innocent.

900. Aux enfers, from heU. As a rule the word denoting the Christian hell is in the singnlar; enfers standing for the Greek "hades.»»

901. Me Toilà seule • . • derenir, I am alone^ oh my Godl what is to becomô of met