ACTE III, SCÈNE VIII
1: mes actions baissent: a stock-exchange metaphor.
2: ça me… peine: I hate to do it. Peine is never physical pain.
3: Nous y voilà: Now we're in for it, or Now it's coming!
4: on a beau dire: acte II, scène V, note 10.
5: brûle le pavé: a stock phrase for «driving furiously,» striking sparks from the paving-stones: is dashing round the city.
6: Aussi: see acte II, scène IV, note 6.
7: Musée de Versailles: there is, in the famous palace of Versailles (a town some fifteen miles southwest of Paris), a celebrated gallery ofhistorical paintings and portraits.—L'exposition: the annual Paris Salon, or exhibition of paintings.
8: Adieu: Farewell; very different from au revoir.
9: Allons donc: see List of Exclamations.