sortir d’affaire* settle up

Pag’e 44. — i- Je crois que oui. See page 41, note 3. Notice the aspiration of oui.

2. louis. A gold piece of the value of eleven pounds (see line 15) at this time, now of twenty francs ; so-called because it was first coined by Louis XIII. (in 1640) and stamped with his likeness.

3. six-vingts. A relie of the old counting by scores which has survived in quatre-vingt.

4. livres. The livre was originally a pound’s weight of silver, but successive alterations reduced it in value. In 1789 it was officially abolished in favor of the franc. It is used here interchangeably with franc. See page 45, note 2.