la toile: lit cloth ; hère, of course, canvas

22. que . . un bois : note the place of the verb before its sub-

ject in dépendent clauses, the bettcr to balance the sentence when the subject, on account of its complexity, is longer than the verb ; cf. § 107 (r) (4).

25. noires cavernes : cf. note to p. 3, 1. 13, and § 123. 11. 5. éperdu, adj. (from i>art perf. of the obsol. ' esperdre '), distractai, dismayed.

6. superbe : hère in its primitive sensé of ]*roud, lofly, stalely. 9. les lointains, the distant horizon, background-.

PAOE UNE

11. 9. bleuâtre : the sufifix -âtre corresponds to tlie Engl. -ish,

gencrally with a depreciative meaning ; cf. Engl. poetaster.