taillées: lit. eut; hère mended

23. venir à, with infinit. , to happen to . . , to chance to . . ; whilst

'venir de,' with infinit., to hâve just . . 26. gisent, 3rd pers. plur. près, indic. of the defective verb

'gésir,' tolie; cf. § 69.

49. 1. Pignerol, a small fortress in Upper Piedmont, where the

mvsterious 'man with the iron mask' was for a tirae

impri8oned.

20. s'en tirer, to extricate one's self from it. 23. se fixer, to settle.