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7 28 Pour moi: 'as for me, 'as far as I am concerned' quand je vivrais cent ans: 'even if I should live for a hundred years', note this meaning of quand with the conditional. 7 29 s'approchant du: note de used with s'approcher, se rapprocher, 20 25. 7 33 A peine avait-il: cf. note to 5 32.
7 26 dire: 'to say, 'relate impressively, 'sing', cf. 24 21 Robert le Diable: 'Robert the Devil, a famous opera by Meyerbeer, text by Scribe . The story, widespread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and later, is concerned with the struggle of a pious mother to rescue her son from the devil. She is successful Robert saves Rome from the Saracens and ends his life as a hermit.
The tragedy of the whole is only slightly relieved by the interweaving of the romance of good Bélisaire, the hawker, one of Jack's few friends. "Le Nabab" is concerned with politics, the richer bourgeoisie, and the aristocracy. Jansoulet, the "nabob," returns from Tunis with a large fortune and immediately becomes the prey of parasites.
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