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Read Ebook: The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) by Moli Re Wall Charles Heron Translator
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GOR. It is not necessary.
DOC. Do you wish for it?
GOR. No.
VILL. Let us all go and have some supper together.
FOOTNOTES
An Italian game , in which one player suddenly raises the hand of which some fingers are shut, and some are open. The other players have to guess the number of fingers raised.
See 'Impromptu de Versailles,' Sc. i.
Compare Sc. iv. 'Le Mariage Forc?.'
DOC. 'Audi, quaeso,' aurait dit Cic?ron.
BAR. Si ce rompt, si ce brise, &c.
It seems necessary to ascribe the saying to Caesar, rather than to Cicero, in order to render to some extent this fearful pun.
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