ACT III

The scène is a spot near Gëronte's house.

Pagr^ 85* — I. malgré mes dents, 'in spite of my teeth ', in spiu of myself.

2. n'ont été . . . sixième, came to an end in the sixth classy the lowest class in French schools. — Je ne sais . . . imagination . . . venue, / donU know what put this idea into their heads.

3. aux dépens . . . appartiendra, at the expense of whomsoever it may concern^ a légal expression.

Page 36. — i. qu41 n'en paye les pots cassés, without having to pay the damage, lit., 'the broken pots', a somewhat strained metaphor as àpplied to a scrap of leather. Que , . , ne hère = sans que . . . ne,