| | straits, offers him, with | | tears in his eyes, his own | | meagre savings. | | double entente | dub’l on-tunder | Any remark about a bed. | | distingué | dis-tang-way | A gentleman with a goatee. | | Céléste[2] | Seal-lest | The lady-friend of the | | producer. | | coup d’état | coop de tate | Sneaking the married heroine | | unobserved out of the bachelor | | apartment by letting her wear | | the housekeeper’s cloak. | | gendarme | John Domme | An English actor in a New York | | traffic policeman’s uniform. | | entrée | entry | A papier-maché duck. | | faux pas | for Pa | To wear the handkerchief in | | the pocket. | | petite | potate | Designation of the one hundred | | and seventy-two pound ingénue. | | qui vive | key weave | To step quickly on tiptoe to | | the door and listen, before | | going on with the conversation. | | sang froid | sang freud | Leisurely to extract a | | cigarette from a gold | | cigarette-case. | | garçon | gar-sun | A bad actor who imitates | | Figman’s performance in | | “Divorcons.” | | en déshabillé | N. de Shabell | Literally: “In undress.” | | That is, dressed up in a | | couple of thousand dollars’ | | worth of lingerie. | | mésalliance | mess alliance | Any girl whom the son of the | | family desires, in the first | | act, to marry. | | en règle | in riggle | A butler who waits until the | | visitor has entered the | | drawing-room before taking his