Scène IV

Page 41 Une 26 — En moins de rien : In no time, in a trice. An adverbial locution, meaning //V. " in less than nothing."— Etyni., rim, from Lat. rem, thing ; joined with a negative=nothing.

41 33— M "assure, y^r me rassure : Gives me courage, con-

fidence. Racine lias also : —

Princesse, assurez-vous, je les prends sous ma garde. " Athalie," act ii., se. 7.

— Etym., assHrer,mO\à¥r. asseurer, fromLow Lat. assecip-ai-e (twelfth century), from ad and sccunts, free from care, safe.

43 3— La partie: Lit., the game, the match, i.e., the

ri;,'ht of the Horatii, and the Curiatii. See Act iii., se. 2.

42 16 — Bâtissant en l'air, i.c, fondant des espérances

vaines sur . . . Cf. Engl." to ])uild castlesinthe air," which is translated into French, " bâtir des châteaux en Espagne." 42 iS— Au prix de : In comparison with.— Etym., Prix,

price, formerly/rw, from 'L^X. pretium.

42 34— The V. offdnscr, to offend, to give offence to,

cannot hâve now an abstract noun as object.