Par bon ton. — So as to be fashionable

5. Au poids de l'or . . . la faculté. — At an extravagant price I am,' treated, I alone maintain or support the doctors. Faculté, when used alone, always refers to the médical faculty.

1. Qu'elles aient réussi a se mettre d'accord. — Till they hâve succeeded in coming to an agreement. For this use of the subjunctive, see Grammar, p. 334, § 14.

2. J'ai eu beau me retourner de tous, côtés. — In vain I turned in every direction. For explanation of avoir beau, see XXVIII., 7.

3. Enfin, a bout de patience. — Àt last, my patience exhausted.