SCENE IV

73 a— A monsieur : To your msster. The master of the bouse in France is " monsieur," and the mistress is "madame," for the servants; awife Would say, speaking to-them of her husband, ^ u Oà est monsieur?" they would answer,

" Monsieur est sorti."

73 6— Mon abord : ffere, my présence.

73 iq— Pour son bien means at the same timefîrAis fro»

ferty, andjftr kis good.

Salut, m< '

7J 20— Salut, monsieur ; Your servant, sir; for, je vous souhaite le salut (welfare).

74 7— Huissier à verge : Usher of the Black Rod ; huissier, firom ItaL useio, Lat. ostium, a door; huissier, a door-keeper, a porter* The office of this ranctionary was to carry ont arrests.

74 il— Signifier l'exploit t To serve the writ

74 16— Mettre vos meubles hors s Take. your furniture away. Hors is hère an adverb in accordance with its etymology, foras, ont of doors ; we should now generally use dehors for the adv., and hors for the préposition (except). The change of Latin / is very rare in French, but common in Spanlsh.

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J%k 75 tfMra-4»P6ur «6 vouloir du tout opposer à justice s To wish in any way to resist what is just. A la justice would be " to law ; ' • à justice hère means " to what is just" *

75 II— Et de vous voir odùdhé • dans mon procès-verBal : and to hâve €0 'put down your name in my officiai report. This use of c oucker for inscrire • - is obsolète.

95 ■ !<— Et né me suis voulu charger des pièces que pour : ■ And I only was anxious to serve the warrant in-orderto • • • r ^

75 - 16— Lé moyen d'en choisir qui : The chance of some bailifis being chosen who. The antécédent of en is not expressed but understood.

♦ 75 22— Jefetsasuiséanceà l'exécution de l'ordonnances I wfll stop proceedings under the writ.

75 30— Du matin r Early in the mbrning. We should

say now dès le matin.

76 6— Je vous conjure aussi, etc. : I beg, sir, thaï for

your part, you will treat me properly, and .will not allaw taeto bè m any way disturbed in the exécution of the duties of ray office.

Jt ^-Lonfe: 'Agbld coin bf the valtp Of. 21 ffencs 33 centimes of the présent French money; there was also the louis d'argent, also called éeu Mme, worth 3 francs 10 centimes.

76 10— Assener : Originally meant to lake aim at, from

Lat assignat?, viser, but is now used in the signification ««todeal a blow." fê 16— Ne vous siéraient pas mal: Would be just the thing for you.

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77 1— Tout ébonbie : Quito thunderstruck. Prefix é,

and baubi, Lat. balfnês, stammering.