est-ce pas, familiar for n est-ce pas

1. 27. vieux Bmtus. Brutus, the First Consul of the Roman Republic, has become proverbial for his rigid sensé of justice; he condemned to death his own sons, convicted of plotting against the Republic.

Page 178. 1. 1. lit de sangle, stretcher-bed. 1. 26. un des premiers gentilshommes de la chambre du roi. See note to p. 47, 1. 17.

Page 179. 1. 2. .9* tant est, if so be.

1. 24. concordat, the officiai certificate delivered to a bankrupt after his examination.