Chapter 9

faire attendre trop long-temps ceux qui viennent à s'y presenter.

It is impolite at play, or at the fireside, to make the new-comers wait for places too long.

_(In the second clause, "affect not" &c., the Washington MS. follows Hawkins in misunderstanding a phrase of the next Maxim: "Prenez garde de vous échauffer trop au jeu, & aux emportements qui s'y eleu[~e]t,"--a warning against being overheated at play, and "carried away by its excitements.")_

10th. When you Sit down, Keep your Feet firm and Even, without putting one on the other or Crossing them