Irene_.

+Page 51.+--1. ~+"Lieber Gott!"+~ a popular address of the Deity; cf.
page 40, note 4.

2. ~+solche+~ or (with the indef. article) ~eine solche . . .~ or ~solch
eine . . .~

3. ~suche +nur+~ (adverb. idiom), with an imperative persuasively,
_just_ go in quest (or in search of it)! _do_ search for it!

4. ~+that+~ (+did+), here: _acted_ or _appeared_ or _proceeded_.

5. ~+ihnen+~ (privative dative). How to render? Cf. page 29, note 1.

6. ~+nicht einma'l+~ (indef.), _not even_.

7. ~den Fluessen +nach+~, in the sense of "in the direction of" the
preposition ~nach~ follows its case, here: _up_ the rivers.

8. ~+Olto, Gin, Buzlu, Sereth+~, and ~+Argesch+~ (eight lines below),
the names of a few of the numerous rivers which, rising on the southern
slope of the Carpathian Mountains, traverse the Roumanian plain and join
the Lower Danube on the left.

+Page 52.+--1. ~+doch+~ (adverb. idiom), with an imperative adds force
to the request; _please! won't you?_

2. ~+den Argesch+~, comp. page 49, note 1, and page 51, note 8.

3. ~+wollte+~ = 1. wanted, wished; 2. _was about, was at the point_; 3.
claimed, pretended. Here = ?

4. ~+immer schwererem+~ (cf. page 49, note 4), here = ~um so schwererem~
or ~desto schwererem Herzen~, _with her heart the heavier_ (or _the more
dejected_), ~je kleiner~, _the smaller . . ._

5. ~+von den Steinen, auf denen sie ging, ermattet+~, for ~von dem
Gehen~ (or ~Wandern~) ~auf den Steinen ermattet~.

6. ~+wie+~ (conjunction), colloquially for? Cf. page 2, note 4.

7. ~+es war ihr+~ (phrase) = ? Cf. page 2, note 9.

+Page 53.+--1. ~+konnte+~. Idiom? Cf. page 5, note 6.

2. ~sie sog +sie+~, the second ~sie~ might well have been avoided by
substituting the demonstrat. pron. ~dieselben~.

3. ~+es+~ (indef.) ~rauschte und rieselte~, _there_ was a rustling and
drizzling.

4. ~+angerauscht+~. Note the idiomatic use of the perf. partic. of a
verb of motion after ~kommen~, to express the manner of coming. Transl.
_roaring_.

5. ~+den ganzen Tag+~. Force of the accusative? Cf. page 29, note 3.

6. ~+es+~ (indef.), for ~das Wasser~.

7. ~sie wand +sie+ aus~; cf. note 2, above.

8. ~als +wollte+~, _as if it was to . . ._ Why the past subjunctive? Cf.
page 1, note 5.

9. ~+es+~ (indef.), _something_.

10. ~+was+~, _what_ (_it was that_).

+Page 54.+--1. ~+wenn auch+~ (= ~obgleich, obschon, wiewohl~),
_although_.

2. ~+wohl+~ (adverb. idiom), _probably_; _no dou