Does the voice become like a shrill song under such circumstances?
20. For dying is a game of solitaire, etc.
A grim epigram.
Define: treble, solitaire.
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The rest of this division of the poem develops the catastrophe of cowardice and treachery. The elements of it are (1) Jamie’s youthfulness and unsettled character, (2) Le Bon’s ability to play upon his weakness, (3) the actual nearness of the Rees, (4) the apparently hopeless condition of Hugh prolonged over several days.
12. That mercenary motives prompted him.
Do you believe the protestations of Jules that mercenary motives do not prompt him? Does he “protest too much”?
16. The Rickarees were scattered to the West:
Why mention the Indians so early?