Il . . . fourre : he must cram into it

Page 134. — 1. Tartufe. One of Molière 's masterpieces. Tartufe is the type of religious hypocrisy.

2. Œdipe et Jocaste. Œdipus and Jocasta, personages f rom Sophocles' tragedy Œdipus.

Page 135. — 1. Critique pointu : captions critic, difficult to be pleased, ever-particular.

2. Que . . . "mil dedans": that the author has taken us in, has tnade dupes of us.

3* Le gros public : that great part of the public composed of people of average intellect; Le gros public is used hère in opposition to the small minority of really intellectual people, able to judge of the merits of a play, among the crowd of spectators.