m the first, though he was often thwarted by his
advisers.]

#Page 92.#

[Footnote 200: #y avons donne#, _have fallen into it_, i.e., the
trap.]

#Page 93.#

[Footnote 201: #vous avez beau dire#, _it is vain for you to
protest_.]

[Footnote 202: #chemin faisant#, _on the way_.]

[Footnote 203: #Ne parlons pas de cela#. This is as far as she can
becomingly go; and yet so far she must go. We should be disappointed if
de Grignon's devotion were left without hope of reward, and yet the
wound must be healed before the new love can declare itself.]

[Footnote 204: #les as et les rois#, _the leading honors_ at cards.
There is a double play on these words in what follows. First, the
countess gently reproaches Henri for failing in the traditional loyalty
of his family to the restored royal family; then, secondly, she alludes
to the rivalry of herself and Leonie as a strife of queens (#bataille de
dames#), to whom Henri is the #roi# who can make a "marriage"
(technical term at cards) with either he will.]

VOCABULARY

NOTE. Articles and their contractions with _a_ and _de_, personal and
possessive pronouns and words to be rendered in every case by like words
in English (e.g. _action, affection_) are omitted in this vocabulary.
Irregularly formed plurals and the feminine endings of adjectives are
noted. Irregular verbal forms are entered in alphabetical order.

A

#a#, _see_ #avoir#.

#a#, at, in, to, for, from, with;
#etre ----#, belong to;
#---- ce que#, as.

#abandon#, _m._; #avec ----#, unrestrained.

#abandonner#, abandon.

#abime#, _m._, abyss, destruction.

#abord#; #d'----#, in the first place, at first.

#absolument#, absolutely.

#absoudre#, absolve, _p. 24, l. 22,_ make guiltless.

#absurde#, absurd.

#accabler#, overwhelm.

#accent#, _m._, tone, accent; _p. 9, l. 7,_
#---- de bonne compagnie#, refinement of manners.

#accepter#, accept, receive.

#accompagner#, accompany, escort.

#accomplir#, fulfil, accomplish.

#accord#, _m._; #d'----#, _p. 77, l. 4,_ agreed.

#accorder#, allow, grant.

#accrocher#; #s'----#, be caught.

#accuser#, charge, accuse.

#acheter#, buy.

#achever#, finish.

#acquit#, _m._, acquittal, receipt;
_p.54, l.9,_ #pour ---- de#, to ease.

#acquitter#, acquit;
#s'---- de#, fulfil, discharge.

#acte#, _f._, act.

#acti-f, -ve#, active.

#adieu#, good-bye.

#adjectif#, _m._, adjective.

#admirable#, wonderful, admirable.