ou bien, or again

19. aller dans un pré (or sur le pré), to repair to a spot assigned

for a duel ; an expression derived from ' Le Pré-aux-Clerca,' a field on the left bank of the Seine (now the site of the Faubourg Saint -Germain), where the students ('clercs') used to meet to fight their duels. Thus ' rester sur le pré,' to be killed in a duel.

20. Bourgreois -gentilhomme : the hero of Molière's well-known

play, a would-be gentleman who, amongst other accoraraents, took fencing lessons, and on the first encounter was worsted by his serrant girl, Nicole; aee Act m. Scène 3.

tirer (or pousser en) quarte, to make a thrust (or lungt) tcith the wrist outuxtrd (from right to left).

21. parer (or pousser en) tierce, to parry (or make) a thrust

trilh the wrist inuxird.

23. se faire tuer : note the use of the active infinit (instead of

the Engl. passive) after verba of causing, geiting, etc. ; cf. § HO (/).