vous avez bien opéré, you hâve done a fine business

7. embéguiné, infatuated, cajoled. Literally, “ capped with a béguinfi a nun’s or child’s bonnet.

8. roi. Louis XIV., who was présent himself at the performance at Chambord. See Introduction, page iii.

Pag'e 41. — I . Baste ! The word, which is of Italian origin, generally means “ enough.” But in this place “ zounds ” would seem to express the idea better.

2. il ne manquera pas d’y faillir, he won't miss missing it, he’ll be sure not to do it. An ironical expression in colloquial use.

3. je suis sûre que non, l'm sure he won't. The que is expletive.

4. Il ne nous faut plus que cela, This caps the clùnax, it’s the last straw.

5. j’ai dîné, l'^ve had my dinner, meaning “ l’m full to nausea.”