23. qui est fort bien: ‘who is very good looking.’
25. votre entrée: ‘your cue.’
[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.
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[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.’