Acte II, Scène I

L. 352. 'was too much excited by a word, and went too far (in its resentment). With the French idiom, le porter haut, compare the English, ' to carry a high hand.'

L. 353. En, in this and many other idiomatic expressions, is hardly to be translated at ail in English. The référence is to the gênerai matter of the preceding statements : ' since it is donc' Compare below, 374, 384, 388, etc.

L. 355. y, like eu above, refers hère to the gênerai idea preceding : ' he takes great interest in it,' viz., in your yielding. / corresponds to the various relations of the préposition à, as en does to those of de, and, like en, is very variously, and sometimes hardly at ail, translatable into English.

L. 356. de pleine autorité : 'with full, i. e., officiai, authority.' aussi, in sensé of 'also,' 'moreover.'

L. 359. 'des devoirs, tic; 'concessions and apologies beyond the ordinary requirements of satisfaction.' The expression qui passent, etc., is censured by the Acadëmy.