[53] AGACER, 'Tease.' _Taquiner_ would be the modern word in this sense. _Agacer_ has now more the meaning of 'irritate.' [54] C'EST AUTANT DE PRIS QUE LE VALET, 'The valet is as good as caught (captivated).' [55] L'ETOURDIR, 'To make him forget.' [56] CROCHETEUR, 'Porter.' The name is derived from the _crochet_ (hook) which they use in lifting or carrying heavy weights. Another and more common meaning of the word is 'picklock,' or 'housebreaker,' from _crocheter_. _Crochet_ must have given _crochetier_. It is probably due to paronymy that _crocheteur_ and not _crochetier_ has come to be used for 'porter' (Littre). [57] DANS SON MIROIR. An elliptical form for _Quand elle se regarde dans son miroir_. [58] TOUJOURS, 'In the meantime.' [59] BIEN VENU. Now written in one word as a noun and with the article. [60] TON COEUR N'A QU'A SE BIEN TENIR, 'Your heart must be on its guard.' [61] C'EST BIEN DES AFFAIRES, 'What nonsense!' [62] NE M'EN FAIT POINT ACCROIRE, 'Does not make me overrate myself.' (Littre, "Accroire," 3 deg..} [63] SERIEUX, 'Formal.' [64] SUR LE QUI-VIVE, 'Standing on ceremony.' [65] PLUS COMMODEMENT, 'With less ceremony.' [66] TU AS NOM. A Latin construction frequently used even nowadays. [67] VA DONC POUR LISETTE, 'Lisette be it, then.' [68] J'EN VEUX AU COEUR DE LISETTE, 'I have designs upon Lisette's heart.' The more common modern meaning of the idiom _en vouloir a_ is, 'to have a grudge against'; but the expression used in the text is also frequent with the meaning here given. Corneille has, "Alidor en voulait a Celie" (_la Veuve_, I. 181). "Poppee etait une infidele qui n'en voulait qu'au trone" (_Othon_, I. 194). "Je n'en veux pas, Cleone, au sceptre d'Armenie" (_Nicomede_, I. 347). And La Fontaine: "Comme il en voulait a l'argent" (_les deux Mulets_, I. 8). The Academy gives the locution in its Dictionary, with the remark: "signifie aussi familierement, Avoir quelque pretention sur cette personne, sur cette chose, en avoir quelque desir. _Il en veut a cette fille. Il en veut a cette charge._" [69] AILLE SUR MES BRISEES, 'Be my rival.' _Les brisees_. Branches broken off by a hunter to recognize the hiding-place of the game, hence 'traces.' _Suivre les brisees de quelqu'un_, 'To follow someone's example.' _Aller sur les brisees de quelqu'un_, 'To contest with (or rival) someone' (Littre, "brisees," 1 deg. and 2 deg.). [70] VOUS PERDREZ VOTRE PROCES, 'You will get the worst of it.' [71] ILS SE DONNENT LA COMEDIE, 'They are making fun at my expense.' [72] QUI L'AURA, 'Who wins his love.' [73] M'EN CONTER. See note 38. [74] NOUS SOMMES DANS LE STYLE AMICAL. An expression derived from the _precieuses_. [75] OTER MON CHAPEAU. It was still customary to wear the hat in the house, even in the presence of ladies, though the habit was dying out. [76] JOUE. The edition of 1732, as well as that edited by Duviquet, gives _joue_. Some later editions give _jure_, in the sense of 'blaspheme.'