=77=, 14. =Dieu! quel effet! elle a tressailli.= The real effect of the words of Maurice, denying her the interview that evening, are taken by Michonnet and the audience as merely a part of her acting. SCÈNE X =78=, 21. =Vous êtes des nôtres=: ‘You are coming to our party.’ =80=, 3. =cavalier=: ‘escort.’ 12. =Ma voisine.= Mlle Lecouvreur lived on the rue des Marais, next to the home of Mlle Du Clos. The house of the former is now No. 21 rue Visconti. It had been the home of Racine, who died there in 1699. Mlle Du Clos soon moved to the rue Mazarine. =81=, 16. =pour me donner la main=: ‘as my escort.’ =82=, 16. =on ne s’y reconnaît plus=: ‘one doesn’t know what he is about.’ 17. =À votre réplique=: ‘Your cue.’ 21. “=Qu’à ces nobles seigneurs=,” etc.: adaptation from _Bajazet_. ACTE III =83=, 3. =en pan coupé=: ‘crosswise of the corner.’ 5. =sur le premier plan=: ‘on the first wing.’ SCÈNE I 10. “=J’ai failli attendre=”: ‘I came near waiting.’ A famous saying attributed to Louis XIV and indicative of his punctilious and exacting nature. SCÈNE II =86=, 15. =Ils se feront tuer=: ‘They will get killed.’ 21. =vous faire appréhender au corps=: ‘have you arrested.’ =87=, 19. =en gage=: ‘a hostage.’ =88=, 20. =la Moscovie=: ‘Russia.’ =89=, 4. =n’auront pas beau jeu=: ‘will not have an easy time.’ 11. =je vais toujours=: ‘I shall continue in spite of it.’ 21. =Permettez=: ‘Pardon me,’ or, ‘I beg to differ.’ 27. =C’est bien le moins que vous y restiez=: ‘The least you can do is to remain here.’ =91=, 25. =dussé-je vous perdre=: ‘even if I must ruin you.’ =92=, 9. =ne s’en aviserait pas=: ‘would not think of such a thing.’ =93=, 8. =C’est fait de moi!= ‘I am lost!’, ‘done for!’ or, ‘it is all over with me!’ SCENE III =94=, 5. =l’on vous y prend=: ‘you are caught.’ 14. =la Saxe aux prises=: ‘Saxony at war.’ 19. =nous sommes au fait=: ‘we know how matters stand.’ 21. =à huis clos=: ‘secretly,’ ‘behind closed doors.’ =95=, 3. =le bruit=: ‘gossip,’ ‘scandal.’ 9. =le costume n’y fait rien=: ‘his (clerical) costume makes no difference.’ 19. =Nous ne tenons pas à en finir=: ‘We do not wish to end it.’ 23. =Rameau=: Jean Philippe (1683-1764), a French musician and composer. =96=, 17. =Que je ne tiens plus à ses charmes=: ‘That I am no longer infatuated with her.’ 23. =une querelle d’Allemand=: ‘a senseless quarrel.’ =97=, 12. =de vous donner la main=: ‘to shaking hands.’ 17. “=Soyons amis, Cinna=,” etc.: from the tragedy of _Cinna_, Act V, Scene III, by Corneille. =98=, 21. =second plan=: ‘rear section of the wings.’ =101=, 19. =qu’il n’avait que la cape et l’épée=: ‘that his sword was his only fortune.’ =102=, 7. =cela me regarde=: ‘they are my affair.’ SCÈNE V =103=, 10. =avec explosion=: ‘enthusiastically.’ SCÈNE VI =108=, 21. =Melpomène=: the muse of tragedy. =109=, 13. =Vous en êtes convenu=: ‘You admitted it.’ SCÈNE VII =111=, 15. =gagner=: ‘win over.’ 15. =faire sauter=: ‘blow up.’ SCÈNE IX