On m* avouera, it must be admitted

14. Aussi at the beginning of a clause is used in the sensé of

e*est paurqttoi, à cause de cela, therefore, for this reason. K. "il est bon et serviable, aussi a-t-il trouvé des amis/' he is kind and obliging, so has hû gainedMends.

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Page Iiine 22, 26. Cett imparfait hcnnàte homme que M. Jl, t^is M. J. is a thoroughly honest fellow. N. gzte, expletive, is frequently used " pour donner plus de force à ce qu'on ^ dit.'' 8eep.7, 1. 17.

23 j 6« A r envers, the wrong way. N. *' cet accident lui a mis Tesprit à Tenvers/' tha^ accident has tumed his brain.

14. Le grand maître des cérémonies, the chief gentleman-usher*

19. Et ne se doutait non plus..., and had no more notion than the man in the moon of those things which hâve produced the chapter on the portrait. N. se douter, to suspect, to conjecture : *' je me doutais qu'il vous tromperaiV' I suspected he would deceive you. Douter de, to doubt, to questâon : '* il doute de tout," he calls ererything into question.