eucologes : A Greek word meaning * prayer-book

53.1. rendre le dernier devoir : ' To pay their last respects.'

53.2. soubrettes : Also ' suivantes ' or ' confidentes,' very important persons in French comédies of the i/th and i8th centuries.

53.3. duègne : The elderly matron, often represented as a sour, ill-favoured person, who acts as guardian or chaperon to the heroine.

53.4. coquette : Part of an artful and wily beauty. ingénuité : Part of an ingenuous, artless maiden.

53.5. les drames de cape et d'épée : The ' cloak and sword drama,' i.e. melodrama.

53.6. au masque chiffonné de paillasse : With the wizened face of a clown.