Editorial note — Introductory material (continued 2)
Reading edition
[Footnotes 1: en. 2: empêcher. 3: not present participle. 4: s'agir. 5: se venger 6: ne ... que. 7: sembler. 8: relative clause. 9: omit. 10: arriver. 11: n'importe. 12: convenir. 13: subjunctive, why? 14: il y va de sa vie. 15: perfect infinitive. 16: vouloir. 17: que. 18: on. 19: faire; subjunctive, why? 20: infinitive. 21: s'approcher de; subjunctive, why?]