Bataille de dames

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Bataille de dames

Page 37.

[Footnote 102: #effacées#, drawn back and down so as to set off the

corsage.]

[Footnote 103: #Que trop#, Only too charming.]

Page 38.

[Footnote 104: #dépare#. Note the play on #parer#, and compare the

English saying: Beauty when unadorned is most adorned.]

[Footnote 105: #rester court#, stop short from embarrassment.]

[Footnote 106: #J'y suis#, I have it, i.e., know what I will do.]

ACT II. SCENE 4.