THE EQUINOX
“ Sacro-sainte ”—“ Sacred and saintly.”
“ Auriculaire ”—“ Index.”
“N’avez vous pas obtenu tout ce que vous demandiez, et
plus que vous ne demandiez, car vous ne m’aviez pas parlé
dargent?”—‘“ Have you not had all and more than you
wanted, and there has been no question of remuneration?”
(This mistranslation makes nonsense of the whole passage.)
“Eliphas n’était pas a la question”’—‘Eliphas was not
under cross-examination.”
“ Mauvais plaisant ”—“ Vicious jester.”
“Si vous n’aviez pas . . . vous deviendriez”—“If you
have not . . . you may become.” (This mistranslation turns
a compliment into an insult.)
“ An awful and ineffaceable tableaux.”
“ Péripéties ”—“ Circumstances.”
“Tl avait fait partie du clergé de Saint Germain !’Auxer-
rois "—“ He was of the Society of St. Germain |’Auxerrois.”
“ Bruit de tempéte ”—“ Stormy sound.”
Weare obliged to mention this matter, as Mr. Waite (by
persistent self-assertion) has obtained the reputation of being
trustworthy as an editor. On the contrary, he not only
mutilates and distorts his authors, but, as demonstrated above,
he is totally incapable of understanding their simplest phrases
and even their commonest words.
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