1. 8. fine, showy.

1. 9. graces, favour.

11. 15, 6. I saw... up, I saw that such a tribe, etc., had shot up, or, I had seen such a tribe, etc., shoot up.

1. 16. fluttering, making a great show in their smart costumes. 1. 17. homme de ruelle, man about town, man of fashion; from F. ruelle, a little street, diminutive of rue, a street.

1. 19. jauntiness of air, vivacity; jauntiness from the verb to 'jaunt,' to ramble idly about.

11. 20, 1. I have been... years, i.e. has for the last twelve years given himself out as being but forty-eight years of age.

1. 24. fire, vivacity, spirit.

1. 25. knows the town, is well acquainted with London life. 1. 26. suitable, in a manner suitable.

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P. 138, 11. 8, 9. when she was... age, in days when life was prolonged to nearly a thousand years, a girl of seventy would be in her early youth.

1. 26. made so quick... courtship, got through the period of his love-making so quickly.

1. 29. pretended to, sought to win the love of.

P. 139, 1. 19. renewed his court, began again to make love.
P. 140, l. 11. gloomy scenes, shady retreats.

1. 26. covering... forests, seeking to hide myself in woods and forests from the light of the sun, of which I have grown so weary.

P. 141, ll. 2, 3. is the admiration...centuries, is a thing which does not last long, a thing which after a time ceases to cause admiration; a century being in those days regarded as a short period.

1. 6. unless... roots, i.e. unless it is reproduced in the descendants of its original possessor.

1. 10. billet-doux, see note, p. 95, l. 17.

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11. 25, 6. art thou not...meadows? do you not in reality care more for my possessions than for myself?

P. 142, 1. 18. a treat, a diversion got up for her sake.

11. 22, 3. pot-herbs, herbs for cooking purposes.

1. 26. the wood of nightingales, the wood especially frequented by nightingales.

11. 28, 9. all the music of the country, all the best songsters among the birds of the country.

1. 30. in season, as we talk of certain fruits, vegetables, etc., as being in season, i.e. abounding, at a particular time of the year, so the various birds that from time to time were in song are spoken of as being in season.

P. 143, 1. 4. overtures, offers of marriage, proposals.

11. 8, 9. leased... lives, let on lease for a period extending over three ordinary lives, i.e. somewhere about three thousand years. 1. 10. in this building, in the building of such houses.

1. 14. timbrel, a kind of tambourine, or shallow drum, used as an accompaniment to dancing.

1. 20. a whole... Saturn, i.e. a period of twenty-nine years and a half.

1. 26. her interest, considerations of profit.

P. 144, 1. 7. cubits, an old measure of length, the length from the elbow to the end of the middle finger.

1. 8. spikenard, an aromatic oil or balsam.

1. 9. spicy, spice-producing.

1. 10. the burnt offering, in the Jewish religion was an animal consumed on the altar as an offering to God.