SCENE III

=94=, 5. =l’on vous y prend=: ‘you are caught.’

14. =la Saxe aux prises=: ‘Saxony at war.’

19. =nous sommes au fait=: ‘we know how matters stand.’

21. =à huis clos=: ‘secretly,’ ‘behind closed doors.’

=95=, 3. =le bruit=: ‘gossip,’ ‘scandal.’

9. =le costume n’y fait rien=: ‘his (clerical) costume makes no difference.’

19. =Nous ne tenons pas à en finir=: ‘We do not wish to end it.’

23. =Rameau=: Jean Philippe (1683-1764), a French musician and composer.

=96=, 17. =Que je ne tiens plus à ses charmes=: ‘That I am no longer infatuated with her.’

23. =une querelle d’Allemand=: ‘a senseless quarrel.’

=97=, 12. =de vous donner la main=: ‘to shaking hands.’

17. “=Soyons amis, Cinna=,” etc.: from the tragedy of _Cinna_, Act V,