par procuration, by proxy

1. 37. en lice dans le champ des faillites, entering the lists of bankruptcy.

Page 171. 1. 14. inogennant escompte, with discount.

1. 18. sa grimace voltairienne. Voltaire is generally represented with a cynical smile on his sharp features.

1. 20. quéque, a vulgar mispronunciation of qu'est-ce que. Parisians of the lower classes also say que instead of quel.

1. 27. de l'or en barre, solid gold. See note to p. 9, 1. 25.