Au point où en sont les choses. As matters now

stand. There is a misunderstandiog hère in the speech of the two men reminding the reader of the scène in Moliôre's Avare (Act. I., Se. IV)

Paee. Line.

between Harpagon and Valère, where the" cassette, the prédilection of the former, and Hélène, the latter's sweetheart, get badiy tangled as the subjects of discussion.

195. 5. Ne faites donc pas V ignorant, Pray, don't play (or act) the ignorant one. Cf. n. p. 20, 1. 9.

196. 1. Poigne. Grasp, clutch; to be distinguished from le poing (first), la poignée (handful), le poignet ( wrist) .

Enfermé à double tour. Cf. n. p. 9, 1. 2.

Force (archaic) =heaucoup de.

Mitonne, lit. , simmer, stew; t. e., prépare un plat de

ma façon (or, de rrvon métier), lit., a dish of my

own, i. e., a good trick. Comment il s'y prendrait. Cf. n. p. 161, 1. 18.

Couronné. Crowned, a veterinary term applied to a horse of which the knee shows a circular [ . erasure resnlting from a fall.