Chapter XI: Act II: Scene 10

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[Footnote 140: #Et d'un#, _There's one_.]

[Footnote 141: #personnage muet#, _man who doesn't count_. Technically one who appears on the stage but does not speak.]

[Footnote 142: #cour prévôtale#, _provost court_, or "court martial," "a criminal tribunal temporarily established, and judging without appeal" (Littré).]

[Footnote 143: #bord#, _party, side,_ or _way of thinking_. See also dictionary.]

[Footnote 144: #notre classe#. This is a delightful touch. Montrichard, having been republican and bonapartist, now chooses to regard himself as one of the original aristocracy.]

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[Footnote 145: #signalement#, _description_ issued by the police for the identification of fugitives from justice.]

[Footnote 146: #avait le temps#. This bears out the regret of Léonie, p. 2, line 16.]

[Footnote 147: #romanesque#, _romantic_. Note that while at the date of this play, 1851, romanticism was no longer the fashion for men in Paris, it was still thought attractive in young girls, especially among the landed aristocracy. See my edition of "Le Gendre de monsieur Poirier," p. 46, note 3.]

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[Footnote 148: #pour acquit de conscience#, _to ease my conscience_.]

[Footnote 149: #placards#, cupboards with a suggestion of hiding-chambers, such as were built in the thick walls and enormous chimneys (#cheminées#) of many ancient houses both on the Continent and in England.]

[Footnote 150: #garçons de ferme#, _farm-hands_.--#hommes de peine#, _laborers_, here perhaps the stable-boys and grooms.]

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[Footnote 151: That is, _friends whose lives depend on his life_.]

#Page 56.# [Footnote 152: The humor is the same here as p. 50, line 26.]

[Footnote 153: #une malheureuse ... courage#, _a poor, faithless coward_.]