Vous êtes . . . , you are always disputing

4. Ouiche, an exclamation of mockery or ridicule, derived from

5. Ne parlons pas ; Cordenbois has a reason for preferring to change the subject; the explanation occurs in Act V.

6. Vous allez . . , you willfi^td it dullfor the nextfifteen minutes.

Page 6. — I . Je suis carré, / hâve doubled the stakes. He does this so as to secure the right to bid last, and if ail the others pass, to take the stakes. Cordenbois alone stays in the game, and calls upon Champbourcy to bid, who bids ail he has before him.