malhonnête, like honnête, lias two meanings (cp. note to

p. 26, 1. 3) — (1) dishonest; and (2) uncivil, rude, ill-mannered, as hère. If used attributivcly, in the sensé of (1), it is placed ' hefurc the noun, in the sensé of (2), nftcr.

15. ne laissait pas d'être, vas ncvcrthelcss ; cp. note to p. 16, 1. 25.

18. en pria, see note to p. 12, 1. 6 ; prier, to invite, generally

requires de before its complément ; hence hère en, which is = de lui.

personnes de qualité, see note to p. 1, 1. 7.

19. faire (impf. faisaient, pron. = fesaient) grande figure ; we

say familiarly in English — to eut a grcat figure.

20. les voilà ; notice tins peculiar construction — 'voilà' is com-

posed of vois + là, lit. see there, or see noiv ; lience me voilà, lit. sec me there, or sec me now ! generally rcn.dcr('d by — hcre {there) I am, or noio I am ; construe les voilà accordingly.