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Finissez donc!
Finissez donc
also: Кончайте же
French for 'Do stop it, then!' -- used by Rzhevetsky to catch himself mid-outburst; the source glosses it in a footnote, and the phrase marks his affectation of French polish over his Polish origins.
Reading notes
- The Lady of the Manor §20 Finissez donc!
French for 'Do stop it, then!' The source glosses it in a parenthetical footnote (Kончайте же! (франц.)); Rzhevetsky, a Pole affecting French polish, uses it to check himself mid-tirade -- code-switching that marks his pretension to gentility.