Quoi quil puisse arriver — 'Whatever may happen

69. 21. Vous le verrez ag^ir — 'You will see him act.' 22. Laissez-^e faire — ' Let him alone.'

70. 2. ne faites pas attention — 'pay no attention to me/ * don't mind me.'

7L 3. Tout va bien — ' All is well.'

72. 13. cela repose — 'that quiets/ 'soothes/ or 'refreshes.' So we sometimes hear the expression, 'That rests me.* 22. un bon garçon — 'a jolly bachelor.'

73. 16. Oui-da / interj., equivalent to * Ah, yes I * ' Forsooth !'

75. 25. Le beau ventre — ^This expression may be translated, ' A fat purse.'

76. I. quadruples — Double pistoles, Spanish coins of ten francs. 2. doublons — Spanish coin of various values, thus : doblon d'oro = $2 ; doblon de é das = $4 ; doblon de d cuatro = t^ ; doblon de d ocho = $16. A simple doblon = $3, nominal value. 5. je mords à même un galion — lit., * I bite into a treasure-ship/ ' I find a fortune.' The Spanish galleons freighted with gold from the New World became synonyms of fabulous wealth.

78. 7. quelques à-^omptes — 'some instalments,' »>., of money. 25, 26. Note the play on the literal meanings of the adjectives : borgne, one-eyed, and hence ' a low house' ; louche, squint-eyed, and hence 'a suspicious house.'