aurait beau jeu, would have a good chance

Page 25. — 1. un million de France, in French money, i.e. a million of francs (nearly $200,000)0

2. celui d'emporter . . . contrainte par corps, the advantage of entitling the holder to have his debtor placed in jail (until he pays).

3. un membre . . . communes. As long as B. was a member of Parliament he could not be imprisoned for debt.

4. Newgate, later a penitentiary, was at that time a debtor's prison. This building has since been demolished.