Scène VIII. C'est-à-dire que : Now (I must say that

23 19-Messire : Master, compound of Old French mes

^î^uZTre ''^^^'^^ ~^^)'

24 9-Syndic:' Syndic assignée ; from Lat. syndzcus,

which is the Greek oi.l^.o., from I, with and hr^-n, justice (a person elected by thé members of a corporation to take charge of their mterests). ^

2I fr Si' Ve^tt'^'"' ^ Laughing loudiy, immoderately.

24 25-Si : Yes, they were (laughing at me). SL adv.

(Lat. so), is sometimes used as an affirmative particle, but only to destroy a preceding: PaÇ r-.-^V Est-ce que vous n'aflez pas l i l ^> vais- Are you not going to Pans ? Yes, I am. Vous gagez qui non, je gage que si-You bet it is not so, I bet it is Si vraiment; si fait. (^^^ Hachette 's'* Formes Idiomatiques Comparées," ch. iii., phrase 113 —ch. xiu., phrase 616.) ^ 25 i-Y P^e^n^s^ez-vous : What are you thinking of ? (How

25 13-Y pensez-vous: Do you really think so ? You ^^don t thmk so. (Nonsense !) *

25 ^^^^rnmmy une faveur : There is a favour. Notice — //

nn- impersonally, for il y a. Il est des hommes

^"^^ \ there are men who • H fut un

temps ou , there was a time whén. . .

h^J^'T^ Pj^s- Who does not canyon

no stotk' ^'^^"^ business, who has

26 ^^-Elle se m^rie! She is going to be married.

^otice.-To marry (to join in matrimony),

mlxi^v ' "^^'"^ ^^"^ "^''^^'^ marriage), 26 î2-Neveu j  nephew ; from Lat. ne^olem. The

féminine a nièce, is said to come from

26 16 T^.Vn^ ? ^^"^ Mediœval Lat. documents.

I6~-Rien : note p. 13, l. ,s ; and the Etymo-

iogi^al Vocabulary m this book.

25 20-Ameublement: Furniture, derived from W/., La

26 20 T .Zt f^r^iture.

20 20-Lampas : A nch silk. material. Quinze-seize, a textile fabnc 15-16 ell wide.