ACTE V, SCÈNE VIII I

BoLiNCBROKE, qui est placé à droite entre Mashatn et Abigàil, bas à Abigail. Eh bien, Abigail . . . mon système n'a-t-il pas raison? Ijord Marlborough renversé . . . l'Europe pacifiée . . .

Masham, lui remettant les papiers que la reine a signés. Bolingbroke ministre!

BoLiNGBKOKE. Et tout ccla, grâce à un verre d'eau I

Personnages, the charactere of the play. Marlboroagh is pro- Dounccd iû French Marlbroc, sometimes Alarlbrook, and even MarU0r00. |ff li*m u pronounced Ma-tdm, or Mash-dm, with an evflB accent on both syllables. Abigaïl, in four syllables,

A-H-gOril.

As the stage rises from the front to the rear, the actors are said 'to go up' =:mamter, when they walk to the rear, and 'to come down ' := dettendre, when they go toward the front.

In this play the classical rules for the unity of time and place are not stricUy obaerved. The éventa cover several days, and the rooms are not alwajrs the same, as will be seen in the iifth act.

While the langnage of ail the characters is in accordance with the nile* of the beat aodety. there are many expressions wbich are uaed only in conversation, and the subtle and varying meaning of «hich should receive close attention. The dots after many unfiniahed remarks ju-e important, as they suggest what is omitted. This is especially noticeable in the spirited encounters between BoUngbroke and the Dochess of Marlborough, and in the scènes whera the quaaa's sentimental interest in Masham clashes with the saose intereat on the part of Lady Marlborough.

A careful pamaal of the Introduction will help the student to appreciate the historical features of the play.

In translating the student is advised to find the most idiomatic équivalent of a good many expressions which hâve received no aole, aa thetr général meaning is évident, but which would not be tn EngUsh, UteraUy translated. For instance oa page 4, Une 8,

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il en mourra, "he will die of it," should be: it will Mil him; and on page 5, Une 28, je lui dois cela ! " I owe her that," would sound better if expressed either This I owe to her, or For this I am indebted to her. Page 6, line 10, Je serais désolé de partir, " I should be wretched to leave," ought to be rather: / should be unhappy, if I had to leave. Unless this be done, the translator, according to an Italian saying, will be a traitor to his author {Traduttore — traditore),

Page 3. — I. ... je vous le jure, tipon my word of honor ("rest assured ").

2. que Henry. The H is hère ^h consonne.^ In the common language the custom is to regard it as mute, hence qu'Henri.

3. esprit brouillon, as for being a troublesome fellow. The omission of the article shows that the construction is changed.