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Nemours then lavished money on his apparel, arms, and horses; the King also aided him with his purse, and the flower of the young nobility contended for the honor of following him to England; but at the last moment the expedition 'se rompit et demeura court, for, continues the chronicler, 'd'autres amours serroient le cœur du duc et le tenoient captif."
Elle découvrit au pied du vase une carte sur laquelle Dick avait transcrit en vers: And you came, my love, so stealthily That I saw you not Till I felt that your arms were hot Round my neck, and my lips were wet With your lips; I had forget How sweet you were. And lo! the sun has set And the pale moon came up silently .
We say 'arms bare to the elbow', cf. 19 14-15. 29 18 Mésopotamie: 'Mesopotamia, that part of Asia which lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates. 29 25 laissant voir: 'permitting to be seen'; cf. note to 7 25. 30 3 il se fit: cf. note to 5 23. 30 12 avait cru de son devoir ... de: 'had thought it his duty ... to.
It was in the arms of Mme. de La Fayette that Madame, her brief day of splendor over, fell into that strange slumber the wakening of which was to be so horrible; and it was Mme. de La Fayette who soothed the princess in those last hours, the torture of which drew tears even from the heart of Louis. M. Anatole France says that he suspects Mme. de La Fayette of having hated the King.
There is a contrast of which we may have reason to be proud, between the progress of our arms in the East and the operations which a neighbouring power, France, is now carrying on in Africa.
19 14 kabyle: cf. note to 40 17 The Kabyle woman's dress, which reaches not quite to the ankles, is loose and held in at the waist, her feet and arms are bare, she wears bracelets and anklets. 19 19 pensionnaires: 'boarders, here referring to the animals. 19 20 jeta un froid: 'threw cold water, 'chilled the enthusiasm'. 19 27 se trouva: 'was', cf. note to 13 22.
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