H ne fait que sortir, he has only just got out of

i6i, je fen veux avertir = je te veux avertir de cela,

162. 21 cajole des mieux; he is a consummate \^heedler. des mieux

is idiomatic for le mieux possible, and occurs frequently in the works of

the best authors : thus

"Je revins plein d'ardeur, et je parlai des mieux,^^

(Destouches, Le philosophe snarii^ va» 3.)

The etymology oî cajoler is doubtful ; see Littré.

il fCa pas le double^ he has not got a farthing. We should say now il f^a pas le sou, The double was a small copper coin worth ^^ of a sou^ bearing on one side the effigy of the king, and on the other three fleursde-lys.