C'est, It's, and below, ça, that créature; contemptuous

16. plus légitimiste, more of a Legitimist, A Legitimist is a sup« porter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.

19. un Montmorency, a member of the Montmorency famîly, one of the oldest and most illustrions famiUes of the French nobility.

22. lansquenet, a gambling game at cards, in which an indefinite number play against a banker.

12. — 6. Parbleu I tu as de la chance, By Jove! y ou are lucky. For parbleu, see note to page 4, line 11.

9. Votre serviteur, Your servant, équivalent here to "Good day."

12. chasseurs d'Afrique. See note to page 3, stage direction.

13. A la bonne heure! Good! Verdelet is pleased because the Duke is not an idler like M. Poirier's son-in-law.

18. Un rat . . . fromage, Another rat in the cheese, i.e., another mouth for M. Poirier to feed.