L. 2219. prendre par là: if you take it so '-i.e., comparatively. L. 2235. qui revient: 'Here he comes.' See l. 1671. This form is very common where the adj. clause refers to the object. SCENE III. L. 2253. aurais-je-' could I have '-' is it possible that,' etc., as frequently. L. 2269. mon sang, mes entrailles, by which H. expresses his love for his money. V., of course, understands as of his daughter. L. 2272. d'une condition: 'of a rank '-condition in life; à, as heretofore. L. 2290. celui, i.e., de vos biens. L. 2291. non ferai — vulgar - 'that I won't' - de par stronger than par. L. 2301. Qu'est-ce à dire, cela?what does this mean?' L. 2309. endiablé (possessed with a devil): 'you are devilishly anxious for.' L. 2316. j'y donnerai bon ordre: 'I'll take good care about that.' L. 2326. ravoir-et que, change of person and mood. See 1. 1788. Here the order is reversed. L. 2347. Dame, as old English, Mistress. Compare Maître Jacques. L. 2356. brouilles-tu-mix us up with-' why do you mix my d. up with this matter?' It must be confessed that the deception has been already pushed beyond all probability. This scene is founded on Plautus, though with important changes. L. 2369. Rengrégement (reaggravation) de mal: 'worse and worse.' L. 2371. dressez-lui-moi. For the double dative, see 1. 2143; but here in different sense : prepare (for) me against him.' dû is here used in sense of devoir, as noun. SCENE IV. Z. 2377. prendre d'amour-be smitten with love-' fall in love' with. L. 2393. aux premiers: by the first impulses '-the con struction is that of indirect object to laissez entraîner. L. 2395. de mieux voir: to become better acquainted with.' L. 2399. il y a longtemps. See Act I., Scene I., 1. 53, etc. L. 2404. il valait: it had been better'-a use of the impf. indic. in strong statement of an implied conditionfor aurait valu. Similarly, laissât for eût laissé : 'that he had let,' etc. SCENE V. L. 2415. au contrat. See Act I., Scene VI.: ' about the contract.' L. 2419. s'est coulé: 'has slipped in '—' insinuated himself.' L. 2422. galimatias: 'such a fuss at me.' L. 2425. vous rendre partie: at law. à vos dépens is well put. become a party '—that is, L. 2429. et de rien would be, regularly, ni de rien; as below, et le supplice. L. 2440. ce que,' what I am,' refers to his condition and rank. L. 2442. larrons de noblesse: thieves of nobility—' pretended noblemen'—a form of imposture then common, and more than once satirized by Molière. L. 2450. Tout beau: Softly '—' Be careful.’ L. 2460. Don Martin means, nor of anybody else. L. 2470. Songez à: Mind what you say '-indignantly. L. 2475. pret de, now always prêt à. L. 2482. en, i.e., de cette ville. L. 2508. n'imposez point: are not an impostor.' L. 2525. une succession: an inheritance.' déchirée : 'plundered.' L. 2528. presque-que: emphatic pleonasm, as heretofore. L. 2542. à retourner: in returning.' y: 'it,' viz., returning, as 1. 1818. 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