Madame, — my (former) mistress

24» Pesez-moi ça, — just weigh that. A colloquiai licence} the pronoun moi being ungrammatically used in this construction.

Pa,zv,

Line.

Page. Line.

27. A la bonne marque, — with the right stamp on it. Thé stamping of silver with a certain mark is required by the French law when the article is of solid silver 7. — 7. Mettre le couvert, — to set the table. 10. C'est égal, — it makes no différence. 31. Mon Dieu, good Lord ! Bless me! 8, — 13. Trouver a redire, — to find fault with.

14. Ce n'est pas l'embarras, — such things do of course, occur. This idiom has hère a peculiarly idiomatic force.

24. Vous pensez bien, — you are right there. 27, Il se laissait tirer la barbiche,— Yiq allowed him to pull

lus beard.