pour demeurer d'accord de, hcfore hé*ll own up to

4. vous n'en viendrez point à bout, youUl never be able to mana^

him. Venir à bout dér=i*to corne to (the) end of \ and so ' to accomplish\ 'to be able\ *to succeed', 'to manage\ 5. que ... ne = à moins que . . . ne^ unless,

Pagr6 12* — I. habit, chthes, "entire costume, from shoes and stockings to hat." (Livet.) In the inventory of Molière*s costumes drawn up after his deatb, Sganarelle's costume is described as folio ws: "Doublet, breeches, collar, belt, ruff, wooUen stockings, and money-pouch, ail of yellow serge, trimmed with green tape."

2. comme si de rien n'eût été, as if nothing at ail had been the matter.

3. n fallait que ce fût, // must hâve been, — or potable, ' drinkable gold ', liquid gold^ one of the ingrédients of which was a solution of chloride of gold. For this golden elixir, which was thought to p>ossess certain médicinal qualities, quacks "substituted a worthless yellow liquid whose alleged composition and properties secured for it a ready sale." (Spencer.)

4. eut . . . amené, had . . . broughty the past anterior, which denotes what happened immediately before another event. It is rarely used, except after conjunctions meaning 'as soon as'.

5. fossette, lit., ' little hole ' ; pitch in the hole^ a game ; in New Ëngland called * bunny ' or ' bunny in the hole \ The players each take a handf ul of marbles and see which can throw the most into a small hole in the ground.

6. Tétigué! A corruption of tête (de) Dieu. Translate: Byjinksî — Y*]ii = voilà,

PagTG 18. — I. morguenne ! A corruption of mordieu = (par la) mort (de) Dieu, Translate: by jiminy, — S'il ne tient . . . vache est à nous, If beating will do ity ive^ll get what wé^re after ail right; lit., 'if it dépends only on beating, the cow is ours*.

2. salé, ' salty ' ; cutting the wood has a thirst-producing effect, as does sait.

3. bien des jaloux, many people jealous; bien ^^ -H the defînite article = beaucoup de.

Pagre 14. — I. morbleu! Cf. page 4, note 2.

2. j'avons bouté, etc. = nous avons mis le nez dessus^ wé*ve stumbled right on to him.

3. bouchon, hère, ducky; darling^ not 'cork', the usual meaning.

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4. Que diable 1 à qui en yenlent, etc., What the deuce ! Who is it thèse peopU are a/ter? The common idiom en vouloir à means^to' hâve designs on', 'to want', as well as Uo hâve a grudge against*.

5. Le v'ià tout craché . . . défiguré, He's the very image 0/ the man that was described to us. Craché •=z lit., 'spit '; cf. dialectal £nglish * spit * = * perf ect likeness *, * image ', as, * he is the spit {or spit and image) ofhisfather'. Défiguré zzz figuré. Perhaps Lucas gets the prefix dé- f rom dépeint or décrit,

6. Quel dessein auraient-ils? What can they want? Cf. page 10, note 4.