N^en vaudra que mieux. Will be still better

5. Lui rabattre (or rabaisser) le caquet, fam. , lower his pride, bring him down a peg or two. Caquet ^habitude de vanterie insolente. Cf. p. 11, L ?•

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128, 4. MercuriaJef "lecture": so called by allusion to the

former custom of holding spécial meetings of the Parlement de Paris, as a court of justice, on a certain Wednesday (mercredi =iour de Mercure), when the presidiug judge made a speech inveighing against abuses and miscarriages of justice. By ext., une réprimande quelconque»

11, Embdbelinéy fooled, Emboheliner (or embobiner) = enjôler, enlacer par des paroles captieuses (false, deceiving).

129, 25. Faisant bonne contenance, Self-possessed.