[114] CAPABLE. Most editions print _incapable_, beginning the sentence with _s'il_, and punctuating with a comma after _incapable_. The sense is better carried out with such a rendering. [115] Des biais = _Des moyens detournes_. [116] L'EN DEDIRE = _Le dementir_. [117] COMME S'EN ALLANT. See _les Fausses Confidences_, note 26. [118] A CE QU'IL EST NE = _A sa naissance_. [119] C'EST DE DORANTE, for _Il est de Dorante_: 'It has been painted by Dorante.' [120] M'EN FAIRE ACCROIRE, 'To impose upon me.' [121] AVANT QUE DE. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 93. [122] This speech of Dorante's and Araminte's answer seem to have inspired Augier and Sandeau in the scene between Bertrand and Helene, in _Mlle. de la Seigliere_, Act III, sc. 7. [123] QUE MON AMOUR N'EN AUGMENTE. See _Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 137. [124] JE L'AI PEINTE. The _peinte_ refers to and agrees with _la_ in Dorante's preceding speech. [125] AVANT QUE DE. See _Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 117. [126] RUE DU FIGUIER. A very ancient and historic street in Paris, situated not far from the Lycee Charlemagne, and making a triangle with the rue Charlemagne and the rue Fauconnier. Even before the year 1300 it bore this name, from a fine fig-tree which stood at its juncture with the rue Fauconnier, and which was standing as late as 1605. The most important edifice of the street is the Hotel de Sens, built in the sixteenth century by the Archbishop Tristan de Salazar. It was for a time the residence of Marguerite, first wife of Henry IV. [127] JE LUI RECOMMANDERAI. Later editions print _je le lui recommanderai_. Attention has already been called to Marivaux's custom of omitting the direct object pronoun in similar constructions. Compare _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 210, and _le Legs_, note 29. [128] MOUVEMENTS. See _Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 162. [129] LUI. See note 99. [130] FATIGUE, 'Importune' (Littre, 4 deg.).' Compare: "Ainsi donc mes bontes vous fatiguent peut-etre" (Racine, _Berenice_, II, 4). [131] AMUSER. See _Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 41. [132] EN FAIT DE DISCRETION, JE MERITERAIS D'ETRE FEMME. _Discretion_ means here 'the ability to keep a secret' (Littre, 5 deg.). Compare; "Rien ne pese tant qu'un secret: Le porter loin est difficile aux dames; Et je sais meme sur ce fait Bon nombre d'hommes qui sont femmes.' (La Fontaine, _Fables_, viii, 6.) [133] LE DIABLE N'Y PERD RIEN, is said of a person who restrains his feelings with difficulty, or only temporarily (Littre, "diable." 2 deg.). The whole phrase might here be translated by: 'She cannot conceal the matter, nor will I.' [134] ENTENDS. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 247. [135] OUI-DA. See _le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard_, note 21. [136] DEMEURE. The incorrect use of this verb by Harlequin adds to the comic of the piece. For correct French one might substitute _se trouve_.