Bataille de dames
Page 15.
[Footnote 51: #décoration#, i.e., the Cross of the Legion of Honor,
founded by Napoleon I., and since always regarded as the highest of such
distinctions in France. The cross is not usually worn, but in its place
a bit of red ribbon in the buttonhole.]
[Footnote 52: #n'y serais plus#, i.e., should have been already
shot.]
ACT I. SCENE 6.
[Footnote 53: #bien#, properly dressed, "all right." Cp. p. 9, note
2.]
[Footnote 54: #cravate#, neck-band. Part of her riding-habit.]
ACT I. SCENE 7.