[100] QUE DE CET INSTANT. The modern form would be _qu'a l'instant_. [101] SI MAL BATI, 'In such a bad state.' Colloquial. [102] RAGOUTANT, 'Tempting,' 'pleasing.' Its earlier and more common meaning is, 'tempting to the palate.' As used here it is familiar, and corresponds with the rest of Harlequin's expressions, though it is by no means an expression confined by Marivaux to servants. Compare: "Ne voila-t-il pas un amant bien ragoutant!" (_Marianne_, 3e partie). "Cependant comme cette personne etait fraiche et ragoutante..." (_Le Paysan parvenu_, 1re partie). "Et a quel age est-on meilleure et plus ragoutante, s'il vous plait?" (id., 5e partie). [103] TRINQUER, 'To drink a toast.' From the German _trinken_, Italian _trincare_. This verb shows a much more jovial spirit than would the verb _boire_, and, in this case, is more familiar and inelegant. [104] SI VOUS NE METTEZ ORDRE. After the conjunctions _a moins que_ (unless), and _si_, in the same sense, the second part of the negation (_pas_) is omitted. The idiom _mettre ordre a_ means 'to look after.' [105] VOTRE PRETENDU GENDRE, 'Intended son-in-law.' The word _pretendu_ is commonly used alone, and then means 'intended.' The usage is derived from the meaning of the verb _pretendre a_, 'to aspire to,' 'to desire.' Here, therefore, 'the man who aspires to become your son-in-law.' [106] VONT LEUR TRAIN, 'Are doing their work,' 'are producing their effect.' [107] NOUS Y VOILA, 'Just what I feared.' [108] IL EST DE MAUVAIS GOUT. The _il_ refers not to Arlequin, whom Lisette takes for Dorante, but to the idea that she should be loved by one so much her superior socially. [109] CELA NE LAISSERA PAS QUE D'ETRE, 'It will be no less true.' The idiom may be expressed more logically by the omission of the _que_ (Littre, "laisser," 20 deg.). [110] D'HOMME D'HONNEUR. An ellipsis for the more complete expression which later editions print, _foi d'homme d'honneur_. [111] J'AI MENAGE SA TETE, 'I have spared his mind,' 'I have handled him carefully.' [112] LE MOMENT. For _l'occasion_. [113] A VUE DE PAYS, 'From the looks of things.' [114] FAIT. Some later editions print _tourne_. The idea is the same. [115] JUSQUE LA, 'To such a degree.' [116] A LA BONNE HEURE, 'As you please.' [117] AVANT QUE DE. See note 93. [118] DE VOTRE FACON, 'Brought forth by you.' The whole figure is both trivial and bombastic, in perfect accord with the role of Harlequin. [119] ROQUILLE. An ancient wine measure amounting to a quarter of a _setier_. A _setier_, in the current use of the word, was equal to half a _pinte_. A _pinte_ was a little less than a _litre_ (Hatzfeld and Darmesteter). Hence a _roquille_ would be less than an eighth of a _litre_. A synonym for any small measure. [120] COMME UN PERDU, 'Desperately.' [121] VALETAILLE, 'Whole set of valets,' Composed of _valet_ and the pejorative ending _aille_ (Littre).