137. Pardy. Fr. par-dieu, a form of oath.
144. put the question by. Did not reply to the king’s question. He had forgotten what the bill was about.
The Departure.
148. The world of love which was new to them but which was old to others.
156. this and this. He kisses her again.
157. sliding. Softly moving.
159. The light of dawn streamed through the openings in the clouds. Stream’d is a participle modifying twilight.
165-6. Evening is approaching. The lines of flowing clouds, rosy in the light of sunset, are compared to waves upon which the crescent moon is floating like a boat upon the sea.
167. rapt. Carried along, moved forward.
Moral.