de reste : see note, p

80. 3. dot : Sound the t. The répétition of the words sans dot by

Harpagon, when informing Valère that old Anselme consents to raarry his daughter without any dowry, has become proverbial. To every objection the miser answers ' ' sans dot," and Valère finally feels compelled to say : "Il est vrai : cela ferme la bouche à tout, sans dot. Le moyen de résister à une raison comme celle-là?" (Molière's L Avare,