Bataille de dames eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 130 pages of information about Bataille de dames.

Bataille de dames eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 130 pages of information about Bataille de dames.

[Footnote 70:  #m’en voulez#, are displeased with me, “lay it up against me.”  Cp. p.20, note 1.]

[Footnote 71:  #toi#.  Except when used of deity tu, te and toi imply endearment or condescension, as, e.g., to servants, children, animals, etc.  The change from toi to vous would therefore imply a coolness between the aunt and niece.]

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[Footnote 72:  #Va-t’en#, Leave me, Let me be alone.]

[Footnote 73:  #A la bonne heure#, Well, expressing surprise and relief that the countess has dismissed her with a kiss.]

ACT I. SCENE 12.

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[Footnote 74:  #servons-nous-en#, I’ll put it to the proof.  Since the French have no first person singular imperative, they are forced to use either the plural, as here, or the subjunctive.]

ACT I. SCENE 13.

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[Footnote 75:  #mon dieu#, heavens!  He is frightened at his own courage.  When dieu contains no thought of deity, I consider it more reverent to use d.  French usage varies.  Cp. p.5, note 2.]

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[Footnote 76:  #avec joie# at the thought that she is still beautiful enough to be loved by a young man, and so possibly by Henri.  De Grignon naturally misinterprets it.]

[Footnote 77:  #dussiez-vous#, even though you should.  The imperfect subjunctive, being avoided (See p.3, note 3), has, when used, a peculiar emphasis.]

[Footnote 78:  #Bal champetre#, Rural dancing party, or festival, at which the masters may mingle with their servants and retainers.]

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[Footnote 79:  #nous jugera#, i.e., judge between us.]

[Footnote 80:  #Et moi donc#, equivalent to, And think how I must feel.]

ACT II.  SCENE 1.

[Footnote 81:  #marechal des logis de dragons#, sergeant of dragoons.]

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[Footnote 82:  #prefet#, prefect, governor of a department, appointed by the central authority.  There are now in France 87 departments, divided into 362 arrondissements and some 36,000 communes.]

[Footnote 83:  #parfaite#, very courteous or kind.]

[Footnote 84:  #bien en cour#, a favorite at court.]

[Footnote 85:  #fermes#, homesteads, tenantries.]

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[Footnote 86:  #demi-lieue#.  As now used the lieue is colloquially 4 kilometres, or 2-1/2 miles.  The old lieue was of 4,444 metres, or not quite 3 miles, and there is also a lieue marine of 5,555 metres, or 3 nautical miles.  Say:  hardly a mile and a half.]

[Footnote 87:  #Si#, Of course, or Certainly, here.]

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