en rembourseuient, by way of repayment

Page 40. 1. 6. sa supériorité postiche, his imaginary superiority.

1. 25, Quel diable de chien me lâches-tu là, what a wild idea you are putting forth ; lit. whatever sort of a dog are you letting loose iheve?— Quel diable de, or un, une diable de, are very

frequently used in familiar conversation, without any particularly offensive meaning ; they may even express admiration, as quel diable d'homme !

1. 28. es-tu homme de cœur ? are you a man of courage ? Cp. Corneille's famous Rodngue, as-tu du cœur? {Le Cid, Act I, Se. v.)