[207] LE, referring, of course, to Dorante, and not to tete, as the gender of the pronoun shows. [208] PRENDRAI DE PART, 'Care for.' [209] QU'IL S'ACCOMMODE, for the more modern _qu'il s'arrange_. [210] SI JE LUI DIS, for si je _le_ lui dis. Marivaux often omits the direct object pronoun in similar constructions. See _le Legs_, note 25, and _les Fausses Confidences_, note 127. [211] LE, see note 207. [212] J'AI TROP PATI D'AVOIR MANQUE DE VOTRE PRESENCE, ET J'AI CRU QUE VOUS ESQUIVIEZ LA MIENNE. An absurd metonymy, perfectly consistent, however, with Harlequin's jargon, and very similar to the fifth example of _Marivaudage_, Introduction, p. lxxiv. [213] IL EN ETOIT QUELQUE CHOSE, 'That is about the truth.' [214] ENTREPRIS LA FIN DE MA VIE, 'Do you intend to make me die?' [215] AVANT QUE JE LA DEMANDE A LUI, etc. The modern construction of this sentence would be: _Avant que je ne la lui demande, souffrez que je vous la demande a vous._ [216] RENDRE MES GRACES. In modern usage the _mes_ is omitted in this locution. [217] NENNI, 'No.' An antiquated negative particle, coming from _non illud_, as _hoc illud_ gave oil > oui (Littre). [218] IL This second _il_ refers to _present_. [219] NE FAITES POINT DEPENSE D'EMBARRAS, 'Don't waste your confusion,' 'keep such feelings for a more fitting occasion.' [220] D'OU VIENT ME DITES-VOUS CELA? 'Why do you tell me that?' A strange wording for _D'ou vient que vous me dites cela? D'ou vient,_ as used by Marivaux, is generally synonymous with _pourquoi._ [221] VOILA OU GIT LE LIEVRE, 'That's where the secret lies.' A well-known proverbial expression, worded also, "C'est la que git le lievre." [222] A TIRER, 'To be allowed for.' [223] GLOIRE, 'Rank,' 'show.' [224] J'ENTRE EN CONFUSION DE MA MISERE, 'To whom I have been ashamed to reveal my lowly station.' [225] PARDI. See note 15. [226] FAUTES D'ORTHOGRAPHE. See note 134. [227] N'APPRETONS POINT A RIRE, 'Let us give them no occasion to laugh at us.' _Appreter a rire_, Littre, 8 deg., also Dict. de l'Acad., 1878. [228] HABIT D'ORDONNANCE, 'Livery.' Until 1666 the regiments in the French army wore the livery of the colonel commanding. After that date they wore the king's livery or uniform, though some regiments, more highly favored, wore the actual colors of the royal livery; the uniform was in fact nothing but a mark that the wearers belonged to the sovereign. Harlequin has played upon this fact in a preceding scene, when he has called himself "un soldat d'antichambre." [229] CELA NE LAISSE PAS D'ETRE. See note 109. [230] TANT Y A QUE, 'However that may be,' or 'Nevertheless, the truth is that.' [231] LA VOILA BIEN MALADE, 'She is pining with love for me.'