Bataille de dames

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Bataille de dames

Page 48.

[Footnote 133: #mansarde#, attic or garret. Properly a sort of

gambrel-roof introduced into France by the architect Mansard (d. 1666).]

[Footnote 134: #défiance#, mistrust.]

[Footnote 135: #Prenez des forces#, recruit your strength.]

ACT II. SCENE 9.

Page 50.

[Footnote 136: #Où veut-il en venir#, What is he "driving at?"]

[Footnote 137: #surcroît de gages#, in addition to your wages.]

[Footnote 138: #Le voici#, He's caught, i.e., he has yielded to the

temptation of Montrichard's bribe.]

[Footnote 139: #de l'argent gagné#. There is a double entente here.

Montrichard understands "money as good as earned," because Henri feels

sure of success. Henri means that the audience shall understand him to

say "money already earned," because he has already shown the outlaw to

Montrichard.]

ACT II. SCENE 10.