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[Footnote 39: #il#. She uses the third person singular, as one might
in affectionately reproving a child.]
[Footnote 40: #il s'agit de vos jours#, your life is at stake.]
[Footnote 41: #Consulat# and #Empire#, governments of France from
1799 to 1804, and from 1804 to 1814, and for some months in 1815.]
[Footnote 42: #n'en pensent mais#, equivalent to _n'en peuvent mais,
can't help it_, or, have nothing to do with it. This use of mais
(Latin magis) is colloquial.]
[Footnote 43: #en verve#, on his mettle.]