[86] _Settled._ An obscure expression. Possibly it means "bound up
with."
[87] _Rid._ Rode.
[88] _Dower._ Widow's portion of her husband's property.
[89] _Humane._ Civilised.
[90] _Rallied._ Bantered.
[91] _Pretended._ Presumed.
[92] _Discovered._ Displayed.
[93] _Last._ Utmost.
[94] _Conquer the sphinx, by posing her._ Reference to the story of
Oedipus, who answered the riddle of the Sphinx, whereupon she destroyed
herself. "Pose" her, _i.e._, with a problem she cannot solve.
[95] _Irregular._ Incoherent.
[96] _Insensibly._ Without his noticing it.
[97] _Martial._ Latin satirist: 41-104 A.D.