Matter’s afoot (The)
. Is in train, is stirring. Il marche bien, it goes well; ç ira.
“Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot;
Take thou what course thou wilt.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.