[109] INSTRUIT. That is to say, 'informed' about the matter in hand. [110] SI CE N'EST. = _Sinon_. [111] LA FAIRE. _Le_ would be more natural, referring to _reste_, which is masculine. _La_ evidently refers back to _somme_. [112] PRETENDS, 'Expect.' [113] RENDRE RECONCILIES. The simple infinitive _reconcilier_ is more natural French. Marivaux has purposely lent this loosely constructed expression to Lepine. Mme. de Sevigne uses "rendre revoltee." [114] SANDIS. See note 20. [115] ENTENDS. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 247. [116] EN PUISSANCE D'EPOUX. A law term meaning: "Qui ne peut contracter ni disposer de rien sans etre autorisee de son mari" (_Dict. de l'Acad_., 1878). Used often in the mere sense of 'married,' as here. Compare: "Je ne comprends meme pas qu'elle se soit amourachee d'un homme en puissance de femme" (Augier, _les Effrontes_, v, 4). [117] RIT. This use of the verb _rire_ in the sense of _plaire_ is not uncommon. [118] LA SERVITUDE. An incorrect use of the abstract noun. Lepine, doubtless, means _les serviteurs, les domestiques_. [119] LA MEDIOCRITE DE L'ETAT FAIT QUE LES PENSEES SONT MEDIOCRES. Compare: "Ne sais-tu pas que les petits scrupules ne conviennent qu'aux petites gens?" (J.J. Rousseau, _la Nouvelle Heloise_, IV, 13. The same idea differently applied). [120] CE QUI EST DE CERTAIN. With _est_ taken in the sense of _il y a_, the construction is correct. The modern form would be, _Ce qui est certain_. [121] SANS DIFFICULTE. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 154. [122] ARTICLE, 'Matter.' [123] DISPUTE. The correct modern word is _conteste. On dispute sur une chose_. [124] ENTENDS. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 247. [125] JE N'AI CONNU MES MIGRAINES. Equivalent to _Je n'ai eu des migraines_. [126] PROCUREUR, 'Attorney.' "Name given formerly to the public officer called to-day _avoue_" (Littre). An _avoue_ is an officer whose duty it is to represent the parties before the tribunals, and to draw up the acts of procedure (Littre). [127] AVOCAT, 'Lawyer' or 'Counsel.' [128] D'OU VIENT. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 220. [129] C'ETOIT BIEN LE MOINS, 'I could do no less.' [130] PAS TANT DE TORT, ET QUE C'EST... The modern form would be: _tellement tort, et est-ce ma faute_. [131] A MOINS QUE JE N'Y SOIS POUR RIEN, 'Unless I have no part in it.' [132] A TOI A QUI IL EN AURA OBLIGATION. Later editions print _A toi qu'il en aura obligation_, which is the better form. See page 61, notes 1 and 2. [133] CONGEDIIEZ. The edition of 1740 prints the form _congediez_, which would be impossible to-day. [134] PLAISANTE. See _Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 37. [135] CE N'EST NON PLUS A MOI A QUI VOUS REPONDEZ QU'A QUI NE VOUS PARLA JAMAIS, 'Your answers are no more addressed to me than to some one who never spoke to you.' A very complicated and unwieldy phrase. See _Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 175 and note 176.