Hère for a few lines we follow the stage version
Page 77. — I. livres, in speaking of income, francs. 2. se meurt, équivalent to attend la mort, page 78.
Page 79. — I. locanda, the Italian word for inn.
Page 81. — I. un is emphatic; ciseau, scissors. Usually ciseau, sing., means chisel, and ciseaux, scissors.
Page 82. — I. parloir, as is shown by its dérivation (parler), a place for speaking; in a couvent, the parlor where the nuns receive visitors, from whom they are sometimes separated by a grille.
Page 83. — I. qui ne sait pas lire, i.e., which has learned its lesson by rote, and not from expérience.
Page 84. — I. The last part of this speech is copied from a letter written by George Sand. The glorification of love as the only thing in the world worth living for is common in Musset's writings, usually in connection with the idea that love brings suffering. Camille has said (page 80) : " Je veux aimer, mais je ne veux pas souffrir." In the third act, however, she comes to agrée with Perdican in yielding to love and ail its suffering, until the final catastrophe brings her back to her original resolution.
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Page 85. — I. tant soit peu cayalière, a Utile bit free and easy.
Page 89. — I. le lui faire épousery make her marry him.
Page 90. — I. ce n'est pas la peine, it's not worth whiîe.
Page 91. — I. je suis toute portée» / am already hère.
Page 94. — I. Seigneur Jésus! good Heavens!
Page 95. — I. In the stage version, act III begins hère, and the scène remains unchanged until the end. This arrangement allows between the second and third acts the interval necessary for Rosette to hear the remarks o£ the townspeople (page 103).
Page 96. — I. à qui en youlez-vous? whom hâve y ou designs uponf In the next line, fâchée, sorry (not angry).
Page 98. — I. été, folio wed by an infinitive, often means gone.
Page 99. — I. au fond de, down in.
Page 100. — I. In the stage édition, Perdican alone goes off, and the following is inserted, which makes the connection much clearer:
Camille {appelani). Mon oncle! mon oncle, venez donc. Votre fils veut épouser ma sœur de lait.
Le Baron. O Ciel! qu'entends-je? une paysanne! si cela se fait, etc.
Page I03. — I. " Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." But Camille uses esprit in the sensé of wity intelligence.
