se portant : hère rising to

68. 2. marquis Caraccioli : an Italian diplomatist (1715-89),

ambassador of the King of Naples in England and France, and viceroy of Sicily.

4. aperçusse : subjunct. depending on ' sans que ' ; cf. § 163 (a).

11. s'il m'était permis : for the impers, passive of verbs govern-

ing the dat. of the person cf. note to p. 58, 1. 25.

14. échec (c sounded), check, bloïc, rcputee ; * les échecs ' (c mute),

chess.