[16] D'HOMME D'HONNEUR. The complete expression would be _Foi d'homme d'honneur_. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 110. [17] JE VOUS EN OFFRE AUTANT. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 173. [18] C'EST TOUT AU PLUS SI JE CONNOIS ACTUELLEMENT LA VOTRE, 'It is saying a good deal if I even know yours now.' [19] DESSUS. Later editions print _sur_, which would be the modern expression. [20] SANDIS. A Gascon oath. For _sang (de) Dieu_. Cf. _morbleu_, _parbleu_, _ventrebleu_. None of these expletives, any more than _mon Dieu_ should ever be translated literally--They have wholly lost their original force and meaning. [21] OUI-DA. See _Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 21. [22] N'Y VOYEZ-VOUS RIEN. Note the use of _y_ applied to a person. Cf. with the use of the third person. [23] REVENANT, 'Pleasing.' [24] DISTINGUE. _Distinguer_ sometimes means 'to examine with a view to marriage.' Compare: "Est-ce que je l'aimais? Dans le fond je le distinguais, voila tout; et distinguer un homme, ce n'est pas encore l'aimer" (Marivaux, _l'Heureux Stratageme_, I, 4). [25] D'ABONDANCE. This idiom generally means 'offhand,' but it is undoubtedly used here in the sense of _d'abondant_, 'moreover,' an expression already antiquated, and usually replaced by the idiom _de plus_. [26] GENS. Generally used, if preceded by a possessive adjective in the sense of 'servants.' Compare Harlequin's exclamation: "Ah! les sottes gens que nos gens!" (_le Jeu_, etc., II, VI, p. 42), which has become almost proverbial. [27] DES DECLARATIONS, LA COMTESSE LES EPOUVANTE. The meaning is perfectly clear, though the construction is not satisfactory according to modern rules. [28] NE LUI DISE. For _ne le lui dise_. As has been said, Marivaux not infrequently omits the direct object pronoun in similar constructions. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 210, and _les fausses confidences_, note 127. [29] CETTE ENFANCE, 'That sort of childishness.' Compare: "Vous venez de pleurer; c'est une enfance" ... (_Marianne_, 3e partie). Also: "Ce sont des betises ou des _enfances_ dont il n'y a que de bonnes gens qui soient capables" (id. 2e partie). See _les fausses confidences_, note 151. [30] QU'EN SERA-T-IL? 'What will be the result?' [31] SIMPLESSE, _Simplicite ingenue_. Antiquated, according to Hatzfeld and Darmesteter. The Dictionary of the Academy (1878) admits it with the meaning of _ingenuite, accompagnee de douceur et de facilite_. [32] OCCURRENCE, 'The possible case.' _Occurrence_ always signifies an unforeseen circumstance,' 'an emergency.' Compare: "N'oublie jamais que tu as pour le moins la moitie de part a tout ce que je fais dans cette _occurrence_" (_le Paysan parvenu_, 1e partie). [33] QUE LA COMMODITE VOUS TENTE, 'Let the convenient opportunity,' etc., 'Let your own convenience (or advantage) tempt you.' [34] NE ME VALENT RIEN. The modern form is _n'ont aucune valeur pour moi._