"on the tapis" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana (...) is really over head and ears in love with that sailor (...); she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth's election.",
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          "ref": "1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216:",
          "text": "And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.",
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