La Grammaire and Le Baron de Fourchevif; Two Comedies (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...102. Oui, nous sommes comme ca; he means that they are not punctilious in regard to these little matters (see preceding note). Probably Machut is at least partly right in attributing this condescension to the fact of its being election day. 103. Note that Jean was absent when Machut gave up his coat and does not notice the change when he returns. Here, as in a few other places in this play, a bit of rather rough horse play is introduced. It must be kept in mind that the author is not aiming at artistic perfection; his only purpose in writing is to arouse laughter. 104. Fabius Cunctator, the famous Roman general whose peculiar military methods have given the word Fabian to our language. There is no evidence of his ever having been in Gaul. 105. pretendent; cf. note 88. 106. petite poupee; so called from the fancied resemblance of the bandaged finger to a rag doll. 107. Y etes vous? Are you ready? 108. Noel et Chapsal, two French grammarians who flourished during the first half of the present century and collaborated to produce a number of grammatical works. Their Nouvelle grammaire francaise, first published in 1823, passed through more than sixty editions. 109. The last remark of Caboussat recalls to Poitrinas his son's fatal lack; thence his thoughts pass to the errand which brings him to Arpajon. no. cours, promenade, boulevard. m. a la Toussaint = a la fete de Toussaint (tous les saints); Ail Saints' Day, a favorite moving day in France. 112. Cf. note 40. 113. The sentence is really exclamatory and ironical j hence means that he has taken it into his head, etc. 114. mauvais sujet, bad fellow. 115. Note that the misspellings in Edmond's letter do not appear in pronunciation; hence Blanche...