[35] SUR TOUT LE BIEN. The modern form would be d'après tout le bien.
[36] QUE VOUS VOUS REMERCIIEZ, 'That either of you will reject the other.' See Littré, "remercier," 5°.
[37] PLAISANTE, 'Amusing.'
[38] M'EN CONTER, 'To make love to me.'
[39] DES BONS AIRS, 'Kindly reception.' An example of a very common antiphrasis, although the expression in itself is antiquated.
[40] IL NE ME FAUT PRESQUE QU'UN TABLIER. An evidence of the similarity in dress of maid and mistress.
[41] NE L'AMUSEZ PAS, 'Do not detain her.' Amuser is sometimes used in this sense, 'to detain by idle words.'
[42] EN PARTIE DE MASQUE, 'For a masquerade.' It was a common practice in the circles of the Court, and of the richer bourgeoisie to get up masquerade parties and dances. There are frequent references to this in the Memoirs of Dangeau, Saint-Simon, and other writers.
[43] ARTICLE = Passage d'un écrit quelconque (Littré, "article," 3°).
[44] IMAGINATION. Used here in the sense of pensée or idée.