devoir

kohteliaisuudenosoitus puhekieltä duty Duty, business; something that one must do.
(RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays):

(..) he imprint not so much in his schollers mind (..) where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there(nb..).

That is the little bit of essential information which enables us to complete our devoir – without it we are just ordinary people, dispossessed, taken unawares: the original sin!

Eh bien, se dit-elle, j'irai, dussé-je affronter les dangers réels .... ⇒ Well, she said to herself, Ill go, even if I have to face real danger.''