difficile, kard to phase

11. je vous y prends, Pve caught you; lit., "I catch you in it," i.e., in having vanity.

26. du dernier bourgeois, extremdy vidgar. Compare note to page 7, line 1.

41. — 6. madrigal. Translate: serUiment; compliment, A madrigal is properly a love song.

13. Vous nous avez assez longtemps traités de Gobseck, You have caUed us Gohsecks (or usurers) long enough, Gk)bseck is a usurer in several of Balzac's novels.