ACTE III, SCÈNE XII

1: il suffit… d'heure: supply: for a great misfortune.

2: porte du garde: i.e. at the park gate where the keeper's lodge stands, there being other entrances to the park.

3: Veuillez agréer: the first words of the most usual conclusion to a letter in French: Veuilles agréer mes salutations empressées. Tr., Yours, etc.

4: Il écrit: on the envelope. Such phrases as «Immediate,» «Important,» etc., are frequently written on the outside of envelopes in Europe.