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Page 4, line 2. bon genre, good style. Colloquial. 3. Décembre, 1836, that is only a few months before the play was first acted. The period is important to the appreciation of many allusions in the course of the drama. It was 21 years after Waterloo and six after the fall of the Bourbon Restoration. France was growing restless under its first constitutional king. In literature and in society romantic idealism was at its height, and is made the subject of much gentle satire. On the nature of romanticism see any history of French literature, for instance Chapter V. of the present editor's Modern French Literature. 6. maire, mayor, not however an elective officer as with us, but appointed by the central government from among the elected [139]
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Municipal Council to be the administrative head of a Commune or election district. Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. ii. propriétés et une manufacture. By the Charter of 1814 to be a qualified candidate for the Chamber of Deputies one must hold landed property in one's own election district. As a large land-owner Montlucar could hope for conservative support, as a large employer of labor he would appeal to the artisan class. 13. sur les rangs, in the lists as a candidate. mes opinions, i.e. ultra-conservative. See Personnages, above. 14. et encore, marks a growing hesitation and foreshadows a new determination. 28. Voltaire . . . Marivaux, are here taken as types of the eighteenth century spirit whose delicate and overwrought wit and fancy seem mere nonsense and folly to this representative of a practical commercial age in whose busy gravity (p. 5, 1. 1) he takes a genuine pride. It is just at this period that the aristocracy of wealth begins to feel assured of its position and to make itself felt politically and socially in France. This is reflected constantly in the dramas of this generation, for instance in Augier's Gendre de M. Poirier,
Page 5, line 3. autres, translate by accent, we practical men, but note the comic contrast of the vers êlêgiaques in 1. 5. 7. l'on, i.e. we, as often. 8. poésies funèbres, Poems of the Tomb. Observe that Oscar is a peculiarly healthy specimen of a young man about town, and note the hit at the fashionable romantic melancholy inherited from Chateaubriand and Byron and then epidemic among the minor romanticists. 14. Opéra. The audience at the Parisian Grand Opera is a fashionable much more than a musical gathering. Indeed, to poke fun at the music was decidedly "good form." Cp. Moi, Act I. Sc. 4, in this series, and Adolphus' Some Memories of Paris, pp. 226- 264. 25. éditions. Now the conventional edition in France is 1000 copies. Then it was limited by contract, and when exhausted the author resumed all copyright. Hence arose endless disputes that enliven literary history, especially that of [140]
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Hugo, who more than once by collusion with his publishers issued fictitious editions to push the sale of the old ones.
Page 6, line i. lors de, at the occasion of. il. phénomène. Observe that when a noun is used as an adjective it naturally follows the noun it qualifies. In English it would precede. 1 8. me mêler de propos et de coteries, involve myself in any schemes and alliances. Montlucar's anxious assumption of independent judgment is part of the comic side of his character. 25. Du tout, i.e. not because of his title.
Page 7, line 7. bégueule, "stuck up humbug." Properly "prudish." 10. tombée. Note the rhetorical blunder and compare our " tumble up." The word here marks both excitement and contempt. 16. Aurait, etc., might well be proud, i.e. "would have good reason to be proud." 17. partis, matrimonial matches, because of her wealth and station. 20. superbe, haughty ^prestwtptuous^ not "superb." 21. rend, pays back. 22. Raison de plus, All the more reason for inviting her. Cp. p. 9, 1. 25.
Page 8, line 2. en grâce, as a favor. 7. lecture, read-
ing, not " lecture." 19. Conservatoire, the great operatic and dramatic school of Paris, founded in 1784 and then located in the Rue du faubourg Poissonnière. Its classical concerts have long been famous all over Europe. 21. mon dieu, really now. When dieu carries no suggestion of deity it is more reverent to print d, as is done throughout this series. Wherever God is meant " Dieu " is used. 28. de quoi s'agit il, what's it about ?
Page 9, line 6. C'était bien la peine, Much use it was. Ironical and alluding to a then recent law directed against political clubs, a measure occasioned by three attempts to assassinate Louis Philippe, and Prince Napoleon's fiasco at Strasburg in 1836. 24. portée, intellectual range.
Page 10, line 2. Assez. He was embarrassed because his
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wife had found a " puff" of his own book which he had written for insertion in his own newspaper. 13. au devant, to meet. 16. bon matin, early. 19. dimanche. The reader should not be surprised to find that Sunday was also a concert-day at the Conservatoire and election-day at Saint-Denis. Such were and are the customs of the country.
Page 11, line 1. Ausonie, Latin Ausonia, poetic and rhetorical synonym of Italy. 6. déjà, i.e. by his singing. Ironical. 11. Impassible, etc. In B.c. 390 when Brennus and his Goths sacked Rome its senators and other curule dignitaries suffered themselves to be killed sitting in their official chairs. Thus, says Montlucar with ludicrous pathos, Miremont and his fellowpeers have awaited the rising flood of democracy in the Luxemburg Palace, which has been associated with conservatism through Napoleon's Sénat conservateur (1 804-1 814), this Chamber of Peers (1830-1848), the Imperial Senate (1852-1870), and the present Sénat (1879- ). 18. dans le salon, in the draw-
ing room or at the exhibition, but note that the " Salon," or Painters' Exhibition is open only in May and June, and cp. p. 4, 1. 3. 25. s'y connaître, know about it.
Page 12, line 3. Montesquieu (1689-1755), a noted philosophic historian. 21. académie des sciences, etc. The Institut de France consists of five academies, the literary Acadé??iie française, the legal and political Académie des sciences morales et politiques, the antiquarian and artistic Académie des inscriptions et des belles-lettres, and the scientific Académie des sciences. The present organization dates from 1 81 6. The Academy was founded in 1635. 29. en place, in an official position.
Page 13, line 13. ennuyeux à périr, mortally tiresome. 15. genre, line, but see dictionary. 16. à s'y perdre, enough to confuse anybody. 18. migraine, the usual excuse of French ladies in society.
Page 14, line 14. corde, skipping rope. 28. Palais, i.e. [ 142]
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Palais de Justice, the central Court-House of Paris on the Ile de la Cité, on a site thus occupied since 143 1, when Charles VII. presented it to the Parlement of Paris. Little of the original building survived the fires of 161 8 and 1776, and the Palais of 1837 was amiost totally destroyed by the Commune in 1871.
Page 15, line 17. faisait crier à l'injustice, made us complain of her partiality. 29. faisait sa partie de, etc.,
played piquet and chess with him.
Page 16, line 2. se laissait gagner, let herself lose. 6. Directoire et Consulat, titles of the government of France from 1795 to 1799 and from 1799 to 1804. 13. Villeneuvesur- Yonne. Most of the wood used in Paris comes from the valley of the Yonne. 14. Saint-Thomas d'Aquin. St. Thomas Aquinas and Sainte-Clotilde are the two fashionable churches of the faubourg Saint-Germain, the part of Paris inhabited by the old aristocracy which did not recognize the social equality of the nobility created by the Empire, as we see from p. 32, 1. 16. 27. acquéreur actionnaire, directing shareholder.
Page 17, line 1. il fait bon, ifs a good thing. 2. arrive à tout, succeed in everything. Cp. p. 22, 1. 18.
Page 18, line 5. secte, party, political group. 12. Jeune- France, a name applied to the youthful extremists and iconoclasts of the Romantic School. Gautier called a collection of stories published in 1833 "Les Jeune-France." 15. appren-
tis, etc., men in trai?iing for greatness, the volunteers of glory, the embryos of celebrity, who could accomplish nothing separately, etc.
Page 19, line 6. bien à vous, nice of you. Cp. p. 20, 1. 5. mal à vous, wrong in you. 29. Que, Why.
Page 20, line 5. en, i.e. sisters, namely Agathe and Zoé. Edmond's querulous weakness is inconsistent with his assumed legal success. This illustrates the weak side of Scribe's talent (see Introduction), but also the general tendency of Roman-
Act I. Se. iv-vi ^9 Notes
ticism, which at the .time of this play was at its height. See the editor's Modern French Literature, Ch. V.
Page 21, line 12. dirait d'un, would think the work of a.
Page 22, line 7. propriétés. Cp. p. 4, 1. 11. 9. sur les rangs. Cp. p. 4, 1. 13. 14. chambre, House of Deputies, where he would find that many lacked grands talents.
Page 23, line 7. C'est fait de, Ifs all over with. 23. Quand je, Didn't I. J'ai beau, If s useless for me to.
Page 24, line 4. salons de lecture, public reading rooms. 13. Cp. p. 9, 1. 22. 29. tribune, tribune, a sort of pulpit or raised desk from which members address French assemblies, instead of from the floor, as with us.
Page 25, line 3. parti est pris, mind is made up. 24. mon père disait. This masked declaration of love is a favorite device in French comedy, for their social conventions give the trick more point and excuse than it would have with us. 25. éloigné, ill-disposed.
Page 26, line 12. extravaguant. Distinguish from extravagant.
Page 27, line 15. que je sois nommé, / must get elected. 19. a dû ... et . . . et, owed both and. 22. a. The subject is lui in 1. 20.
Page 28, line 3. république, as we should say the " powers that be," in this case Césarine. 8. voix, votes. 14. en agit ainsi, does it.
Page 29, line 3. qui me revient, that I a?n preparing for myself lit. "which will come due to me." 13. nôtre ! ! ! in ours, I assure you, etc. 29. couleur, political persuasion. So also nuance, p. 32, 1. 15.
Page 30, line 1. n'en vaut que mieux, is all the better for that, i.e. it gives one more influence. 3. me fasse violence, force it upon me. 17. impositions, taxes. 21. biens, estates.
Notes 8«- Act I. Se. vi-viii
Page 31, line 14. VOUS en vouloir, have a grudge against you f 07' it. Cp. 1. 23, p. 52, 1. 20, and p. 64, 1. 12.
Page 32, line 17. tient à la nouvelle noblesse, belongs to the new nobility. Cp. p. 16, 1. 14. 20. faubourg, originally " suburb," now used for various districts of Paris. When not qualified the workmen's districts, the faubourg Saint-Antoine, du Temple, etc., are meant. The faubourg Saint-Honoré is commercial, Saint Germain, aristocratic.
Page 34, line 3. crierai toujours . . . entre nous, proclaim it aloud . . . in private.
Page 35, line 11. collège Charlemagne is one of the eight great Parisian public schools, or Lycées. It is situated between the Hotel de Ville and the Column of July. 13. Ce que c'est que de nous, How queer it is about us. 20. après cela, but after all. Consolingly. 22. prendras ta revanche, your turn will come, " you'll get your innings."
Page 36, line 4. province, country home. 10. bon enfant, a good boy. Ironical. Observe the third person, as one might speak to a child, and compare p. 55, 1. 14, and p. 67, 1. 20. 21. billet, promissory note.
Page 37, line 1. Oscar is wholly serious here. He is honest and good-hearted, though simple. 12. poésies. Cp. p. 5, 1.8. 18. mis dans, etc., "gone into the funeral line." Colloquial. 20. gants jaunes, swells, dandies. Obsolete in this sense. 22. double emploi, unnecessary repetition. 24. vaporeux, etc., the nebulous, the mediceval and the scenic, ironical designations of Romantic literary vagaries. 25. fais fureur, have a great success, " am all the rage." 28. n'en reviens
pas, can 't get over my surprise.
Page 38, line 2. délirante, phalange. Literary Romantic slang. Cp. p. 37, 1. 24. 8. garde nationale, militia, suppressed after the Commune of 187 1. 9. maître des requêtes, referendary, a minor officer of the Council of State. 10. croix L [145]
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d'honneur, i.e. of the Legion of Honor, founded by Napoleon I. It is the most coveted decoration in France. 13. les nôtres, our set. 20. arrive. Cp. p. 1 7, 1. 2.
Page 39, line 10. à charge de revanche, on condition that you do as ??iuch for them. 19. Autant, As well. 21. Eh,
bien . . . Ma foi, both Well ! with the intonations indicated by the context. 23. A tantôt, Till we meet again. Collo* quial; compare the English colloquial " ta-ta."
Page 40, line 2. latérales, i.e. doors. 5. à la cantonade, i.e. to a person not visible to the audience, but assumed to be in the coulisses or spaces between the pans coupes (flies). 6. à la glace, on ice. 8. Je tiens, I insist, think it important, because responsible (réponds) as the physician of the coterie. 10. Madame Chevet, now Maison Chevet, in the Palais Royal, the most famous shop for delicacies in Paris. 13. que. This common but troublesome construction is usually best rendered by omitting ce and que and transposing the phrase after que to the beginning of the sentence.
Page 41, line 1 1. Rocher de Cancale, formerly a leading Parisian restaurant. 17. clef de la voûte, key-stone of the
arch of the coterie. 20. irez loin, will achieve great things.
Page 42, line 1. Quand. Cp. p. 23, 1. 23. bosse, phrenological bump. 4. fashionables. The English word marks the French sporting dandy. 6. Italiens, Italian Opera House, was between 181 8 and 1838 the most fashionable resort of Paris. In 1837 ^ was located in the rue Lepeletier. Scribe wrote many librettos for it, and the literature of the Romantic period is filled with references to it. 9. faire mousser, "puff" "boom." Slang. 15. à ce que, according to what. 16. lui, as for him. Emphatic disjunctive.
Page 43, line 4. solennité, function. Ironical allusion to classical music which Oscar finds heavy. Cp. p. 8, 1. 19. 23. le plus long, i.e. a roundabout way. 29. 1804. Napoleon,
Notes 9**- Act il. se. i-iii
proclaimed Emperor in this year, constituted the sénat conservateur (1804-18 14) which met in the palace of the Luxembourg (p. 44, 1. 5). Cp. p. 11, 1. 12.
Page 44, line 6. restauration, of Louis XVIII. and the Bourbon dynasty in 18 14. 12. illustration, celebrity.
Page 45, line 12. ça, of persons is very familiar and often (not here) contemptuous. 13. bon, a good (serviceable)
fellow. 19. courte-échelle. See note to title. 24. en avant, d'abord, forward fir st.
Page 46, line 29. doutent, suspect, not " doubt."
Page 47, line 18. donner congé, give a holiday, as though the chambre haute {House of Peers) could not act in his absence.
Page 48, line 19. verdeur, freshness, briskness. 20. Oscar appeals to Césarine to affirm the debility which Bernardet had implied (p. 44) that she induced the count to assume. 24. bégueule, prim.
Page 49, line 9. Ala bonne heure, etc., Well at least if s nice to talk, etc.
Page 50, line 11. turbulente. At this time the students in Paris took a very active part in political agitation, usually as republicans. Sixteen years later they drove Sainte-Beuve from a professorship of literature because they objected to his political opinions. 15. cours, lectures. 17. de plain pied, without effort, as though on even ground. 18. Sic itur ad astra, That is the road to fame. Virgil, ^Eneid, ix. 641. 24. clientele, medical practice. 28. gazette, etc., walking gazette and private news-letter, i.e. he used his medical practice to advance his social interests.
Page 51, line 1. que. Construe with ne parle. 5. le coup, etc., the report is started, the effect produced, and the
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horses are home again, leaving no trace of the scandal's origin. 19. parti, advantage.
Page 52, line 2. Ton, i.e. the minister. In classical drama and, though with less frequency, in more recent times, on is used for a definite person or persons, I, you, he, she, they, or we, whom the speaker prefers not to name. 8. La Faculté s'y connaît, Doctors know, 10. telle, a certain. 20. en voudrai. See p. 31, 1. 14. Edmond is meant.
Page 53, line 9. se gouvernent tout seuls, govern themselves automatically. This alludes to the recent Revolution of 1830. 26. ne peut, can't do any harm. 29. travailler, manipttlate, " work. " Colloquial.
Page 54, line 3. élection préparatoire, preliminary election, election in caucus. 8. Cp. p. 50, 1. 7. 14. ça de sauvé, that much gained. 21. She means that he wishes to
marry Agathe. 26. vu, considering. 27. malgré lui, in spite of his assumed reluctance.
Page 55, line 3. arrive. Cp. p. 17, 1. 2, p. 22, 1. 18, and p. 38, 1. 20. She means that Montlucar must not monopolize all the offices. 14. Cp. p. 36, 1. 10. 22. fort, i.e. intel-
lectually. 23. un homme à nous, the man for us.
Page 56, line 3. Note the ironical allusion to the then poor provision for public education in France. 14. re mineur,
D-flat. 25. honorable, title of French deputies as of our Members of Congress.
Page 57, line 1. qui diable, who in the dickens. 2. ça se retrouvera, i.e. I shall get my reward. 6. en fait de, in the matter of. 1 1. Amphitryon, originally a Theban prince, but much used in France for host, because of Molière's play of that name. See Classical Dictionary.
Page 58, line 15. fashionable. Cp. p. 42, 1. 4. 18. dites bien, talk well, have an agreeable delivery. 19. organe, voice. 22. causes, pleadings, cases.
Notes S*- Act II. Se. v-viii
Page 59, line 7. bon enfant, good-humored. Contrast p. 55, 1. 14. The humor of the following scene lies in Bernardet's having to introduce to the coterie Edmond, whose name he does not know, and whose talents he is obliged to laud.
Page 60, line 13. Cicéron, Cicero, Roman orator. 15. This is the inscription on the bust of Molière in the audience hall of the French Academy, and commemorates the social prejudice that excluded from its membership the greatest dramatist of France. 20. ne revient pas, i.e. to introduce Edmond, whose name Oscar alone knew.
Page 61, line 4. paysage romantique, romantic landscape, with similar characteristics to romantic literature. Cp. p. yf, 1. 24. 18. Ce diable d'Oscar, That imp of an Oscar. 19. à jeun. Note the feeble pun.
Page 62, line 15. de rigeur, essential. This romantic dress was probably suggested by the rolling collars of Lord Byron. 16. fait bien, helps our reputation. 28. épreuves, proof-sheets.
Page 64, line 9. revanche. Cp. p. 39, 1. 10. 22. à cela près, with that exception.
Page 65, line 22. légitimiste, party title of the supporters of the Bourbon dynasty expelled by the Revolution of 1830.
Page 66, line 3. aurait . . . mieux, might have two and even more, and it would only be so ?nuch the better.
Page 67, line 20. Cp. p. 59, 1. 7. 24. ne se passera pas ainsi, cannot rest so. He means he must have a duel with him.
Page 68, line 6. portée, ability.
Page 69, line 8. tendre la main, lend a helping hand. 17. Saint-Germain. Cp. p. 32, 1. 20. 19. That is, they already call one another u honorable." 24. en pied, "set up" in a good position.
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Page 70, line 27. chablis, a kind of white Burgundy wine. 29. dépouille, count tip, Technical of votes.
Page 71, line 15. scrutin de ballotage, new election. Technical term. When no candidate has a clear majority there is scrutin de ballotage between the two or more who have the highest and next to the highest number. The term must be distinguished from scrutin de liste and scrutin d' arrondissement, which are wholly different election terms. 19. portez, support, vote for. Cp. p. 74, 1. 7, and p. 75,1. 18. 29. jésuite, because that religious order, then unpopular, was accused of intriguing with the Legitimists.
Page 72, line 11. Tu Marcellus eris, Thou shall be Marcellus, i.e. the promised ideal ruler. Virgil, ^Eneid, vi. 884.
Page 73, line 8. revanche. Cp. p. 39, line 10.
Page 74, line 11. ministre. Official recognition by the ministry has always been a valuable aid in French electioneering. 19. signification, legal notice. 23. manqué de m' écrier, almost cried out.
Page 75, line 11. en grande affaire, very busy.
Page 76, line 8. à charge, a burden. 9. maintenant. Romantic despair of the Childe Harold, Werther, and René type was then very fashionable in France. 20. donner dans, give up to. 21. commun, vulgar. 22. mauvais genre,
bad form.
Page 77, line 22. si avant, so deep.
Page 78, line I. ça, i.e. love. 16. Bel appui. Ironical. 19. quand elle Pest, when if s frank at all.
Page 79, line 10. pâte pectorale, cough lozenges. 16. n'aura garde, won't trouble himself.
Page 80, line 18. m'en suppose, attributes to me. Page 81, line 11. convoquant, etc., straining every nerve. [I5°]
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A feudal term for calling out all vassals liable to military service. 12. une, i.e. voix.
Page 82, line 28. naïvement, i.e. with assumed simplicity.
Page 83, line 15. y sommes, are about it, are on the subject.
Page 84, line 1. vous qu'il aime. Note that Zoé lies, and that this does not make her as unsympathetic to a French audience as it would to an Anglo-Saxon one. 14. peuvent.
Its subjects are amour-propre, perte, etc. 28. jours, life, as
frequently in the classics and in elevated style.
Page 86, line 18. de quoi. Cp. p. 7, 1. 16 and p. 94, 1. 20.
Page 87, line 5. tilbury, as in English, from which many other terms of sport and horsemanship are borrowed. 14. as-
semblée préparatoire. Cp. p. 54, 1. 3. 15. collège, election district, ward. The same as arrondisse??ient, p. 125, 1. 11. 16. imposés, taxed. 17. improvisation . . . mémoire.
Observe the contradiction. 25. Du tout, By no mea7is.
Page 88, line 6. pris à partie, made opposition to. 10. espace, etc., free scope in every direction (for criticism). 25. moutons de Panurge, sheep that follow their leader. Panurge is one of the chief characters in Rabelais' Pantagi-uel. The allusion is to Book iv., 8. 28. Voilà, etc., from Corneille's China, Act I. Sc. hi. 1. 109.
Page 89, line 4. métayers, farmers on shares, fermiers, tenant farmers, both small taxpayers. See p. 87, 1. 15. 20. prête, lends itself (to detraction) .
Page 90, line 4. hasards, etc., luck serves for wit with stupid people. 15. comme ça, of that sort.
Page 91, line 12. mal de gorge, sore throat. 15. From here to the close of the scene Césarine is bent on making her
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husband jealous of Oscar. 23. Yonne, an affluent of the Seine famous for its wooded scenery. Cp. p. 16, 1. 13. Page 93, line 13. mis, harnessed.
Page 94, line 16. en revenir, comprehend it. Cp. p. 108, 1. 11.
Page 95, line 15. homme fini, ruined man, politically.
Page 96, line 5. n'en savez pas long, are not very s?nart. Colloquial. 20. plus encore, i.e. procure his marriage with Agathe.
Page 98, line 16. mousser. Cp. p. 42, 1. 9. 25. passera, live through.
Page 99, line 7. bureaux, committee-rooms. coulois, lobbies. salle des conférences, reception-room of the Chamber of Deputies. 10. Fausse sortie, starting to go, or sometimes " making an exit and returning immediately." 13. paille, to deaden passing wheels. Permission of the préfet would be necessary for this. He is a functionary half municipal and half national, with more extensive powers than any municipal officer with us.
Page 101, line 17. action, eagerness, excitement. 20. hommes de tribune, political orators, one of whom Miremont chooses to imagine himself. Cp. p. 24, 1. 29.
Page 102, line 10. y faire droit, act as though they were justified.
Page 104, line 11. aurait beau. Cp. p. 23, 1. 23. 13. dispositions, capabilities. 14. leçons. Cp. p. 137, 1. 6. 17. grands coups, fine plays.
Page 105, line 2. bulletins, of Miremont's health. 17. sinistre, foreboding, gloomy. 23. s'inscrire, etc., i.e. make previous application to secure an office.
Page 106, line 6. C'est bien heureux, equivalent to : / should think it was high time you did. 7. séance tenante,
Notes 8&- Act IV. Se vi-viii, x— Act V. Se. i-v
without a division. Parliamentary term, and hence "easily," ''without serious opposition."
Page 108, line 19. métier à tapisserie, embroidery frame. 20. fait du Êlet, crochets or nets.
Page 109, line 24. aparté, by-play, conversation aside. 29. SOUS jeu, behind her play, underneath her game.
Page 111, line 1. Parceque ! ! Never mind why !
Page 112, line 12. de ce pas, this instant.
Page 113, line 28. This is a familiar proverb.
Page 116, line 10. de l'esprit, i.e. wit enough to leave Césarine alone with her supposed lover.
Page 117, line 3. n'y suis pas, am not at home. Page 121, line 5. nous reverrons. Said threateningly. 8. encore, i.e. to defeat Edmond's election.
Page 122, line 7. jouer de malheur, i.e. an unlucky game. 15. bien en face, *.*. facing the deputies who, noting his recovery, would lose their motive for supporting the ministry.
Page 123, line 3. grand air, open air. 14. en êtes convenue, admitted it. 19. y regarderais à deux fois,
would think twice about it.
Page 124, line 16. de fait, settled, decided.
Page 125, line 11. arrondissement, election district. The same as college p. 90, 1. 19.
Page 126, line 4. bureaux, committees of the Chamber of Deputies. 11. capable, knowing, self-sufficient. 13. données, data, private information. A particularly unfortunate remark under all the circumstances. 29. comme un fait exprès, as though done on purpose.
Page 127, line 1. voudrait . . . pourrait. Cp. p. 66, 1. 3. Page 128, line 1. Voilà comme je suis, Tha? s the sort of [153]
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man I am. 28. danger, i.e. of losing votes by destroying hopes of promotion.
Page 129, line 26. réponds. Cp. p. 40, L 8.
Page 130, line 8. douillette, wadded coat.
Page 131, line 4. compère, accomplice, but also "daddy," " duffer," " old stupid." Familiar.
Page 132, line 1. A d'autres, Tell that to somebody else, you cannot triek me. 24. A qui en a celui-là ? With whom is this man angry ?
Page 133, line 14. dames de la halle, market-women, who used to be paid on festival occasions to offer bunches of flowers to passers-by.
Page 134, line 6. l'extrémité, his last gasp. 8. visites. Aspirants to election to the French Academy are accustomed to make formal visits to solicit the votes of the members.
Page 135, line 7. ne lui fais pas dire, do not put those words in his mouth. 17. brouillon, muddle-head. Slang. 18. girouette, turn-coat. Familiar. 24. m' encanailler, mingle with vulgar people.
Page 137, line 4. d'abord, really. Teasingly. 6. Cp. p. 104, 1. 14.
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