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TARTUFFE, AN OFFICER, MADAME PERNELLE, ORGON, ELMIRE, CLEANTE, MARIANE, VALERE, DAMIS, DORINE<\/p>\r\nTARTUFFE (stopping Orgon)<\/span>\r\nSoftly, sir, softly; do not run so fast;<\/span>\r\nYou haven't far to go to find your lodging;<\/span>\r\nBy order of the prince, we here arrest you.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nTraitor! You saved this worst stroke for the last;<\/span>\r\nThis crowns your perfidies, and ruins me.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nI shall not be embittered by your insults,<\/span>\r\nFor Heaven has taught me to endure all things.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nYour moderation, I must own, is great.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nHow shamelessly the wretch makes bold with Heaven!<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nYour ravings cannot move me; all my thought<\/span>\r\nIs but to do my duty.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMARIANE<\/span>\r\nYou must claim<\/span>\r\nGreat glory from this honourable act.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nThe act cannot be aught but honourable,<\/span>\r\nComing from that high power which sends me here.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nUngrateful wretch, do you forget 'twas I<\/span>\r\nThat rescued you from utter misery?<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nI've not forgot some help you may have given;<\/span>\r\nBut my first duty now is toward my prince.<\/span>\r\nThe higher power of that most sacred claim<\/span>\r\nMust stifle in my heart all gratitude;<\/span>\r\nAnd to such puissant ties I'd sacrifice<\/span>\r\nMy friend, my wife, my kindred, and myself.<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nThe hypocrite!<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nHow well he knows the trick<\/span>\r\nOf cloaking him with what we most revere!<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nBut if the motive that you make parade of<\/span>\r\nIs perfect as you say, why should it wait<\/span>\r\nTo show itself, until the day he caught you<\/span>\r\nSoliciting his wife? How happens it<\/span>\r\nYou have not thought to go inform against him<\/span>\r\nUntil his honour forces him to drive you<\/span>\r\nOut of his house? And though I need not mention<\/span>\r\nThat he'd just given you his whole estate,<\/span>\r\nStill, if you meant to treat him now as guilty,<\/span>\r\nHow could you then consent to take his gift?<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE (to the Officer)<\/span>\r\nPray, sir, deliver me from all this clamour;<\/span>\r\nBe good enough to carry out your order.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTHE OFFICER<\/span>\r\nYes, I've too long delayed its execution;<\/span>\r\n'Tis very fitting you should urge me to it;<\/span>\r\nSo therefore, you must follow me at once<\/span>\r\nTo prison, where you'll find your lodging ready.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nWho? I, sir?<\/span>\r\n\r\nTHE OFFICER<\/span>\r\nYou.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTARTUFFE<\/span>\r\nBy why to prison?<\/span>\r\n\r\nTHE OFFICER<\/span>\r\nYou<\/span>\r\nAre not the one to whom I owe account.<\/span>\r\nYou, sir (to Orgon), recover from your hot alarm.<\/span>\r\nOur prince is not a friend to double dealing,<\/span>\r\nHis eyes can read men's inmost hearts, and all<\/span>\r\nThe art of hypocrites cannot deceive him.<\/span>\r\nHis sharp discernment sees things clear and true;<\/span>\r\nHis mind cannot too easily be swayed,<\/span>\r\nFor reason always holds the balance even.<\/span>\r\nHe honours and exalts true piety,<\/span>\r\nBut knows the false, and views it with disgust.<\/span>\r\nThis fellow was by no means apt to fool him,<\/span>\r\nFar subtler snares have failed against his wisdom,<\/span>\r\nAnd his quick insight pierced immediately<\/span>\r\nThe hidden baseness of this tortuous heart.<\/span>\r\nAccusing you, the knave betrayed himself,<\/span>\r\nAnd by true recompense of Heaven's justice<\/span>\r\nHe stood revealed before our monarch's eyes<\/span>\r\nA scoundrel known before by other names,<\/span>\r\nWhose horrid crimes, detailed at length, might fill<\/span>\r\nA long-drawn history of many volumes.<\/span>\r\nOur monarch\u2014to resolve you in a word\u2014<\/span>\r\nDetesting his ingratitude and baseness,<\/span>\r\nAdded this horror to his other crimes,<\/span>\r\nAnd sent me hither under his direction<\/span>\r\nTo see his insolence out-top itself,<\/span>\r\nAnd force him then to give you satisfaction.<\/span>\r\nYour papers, which the traitor says are his,<\/span>\r\nI am to take from him, and give you back;<\/span>\r\nThe deed of gift transferring your estate<\/span>\r\nOur monarch's sovereign will makes null and void;<\/span>\r\nAnd for the secret personal offence<\/span>\r\nYour friend involved you in, he pardons you:<\/span>\r\nThus he rewards your recent zeal, displayed<\/span>\r\nIn helping to maintain his rights, and shows<\/span>\r\nHow well his heart, when it is least expected,<\/span>\r\nKnows how to recompense a noble deed,<\/span>\r\nAnd will not let true merit miss its due,<\/span>\r\nRemembering always rather good than evil.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nNow Heaven be praised!<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nAt last I bcreathe again.<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nA happy outcome!<\/span>\r\n\r\nMARIANE<\/span>\r\nWho'd have dared to hope it?<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON (to Tartuffe, who is being led by the officer)<\/span>\r\nThere traitor! Now you're . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

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TARTUFFE, AN OFFICER, MADAME PERNELLE, ORGON, ELMIRE, CLEANTE, MARIANE, VALERE, DAMIS, DORINE<\/p>\n

TARTUFFE (stopping Orgon)<\/span>
\nSoftly, sir, softly; do not run so fast;<\/span>
\nYou haven’t far to go to find your lodging;<\/span>
\nBy order of the prince, we here arrest you.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nTraitor! You saved this worst stroke for the last;<\/span>
\nThis crowns your perfidies, and ruins me.<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nI shall not be embittered by your insults,<\/span>
\nFor Heaven has taught me to endure all things.<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nYour moderation, I must own, is great.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nHow shamelessly the wretch makes bold with Heaven!<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nYour ravings cannot move me; all my thought<\/span>
\nIs but to do my duty.<\/span><\/p>\n

MARIANE<\/span>
\nYou must claim<\/span>
\nGreat glory from this honourable act.<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nThe act cannot be aught but honourable,<\/span>
\nComing from that high power which sends me here.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nUngrateful wretch, do you forget ’twas I<\/span>
\nThat rescued you from utter misery?<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nI’ve not forgot some help you may have given;<\/span>
\nBut my first duty now is toward my prince.<\/span>
\nThe higher power of that most sacred claim<\/span>
\nMust stifle in my heart all gratitude;<\/span>
\nAnd to such puissant ties I’d sacrifice<\/span>
\nMy friend, my wife, my kindred, and myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nThe hypocrite!<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nHow well he knows the trick<\/span>
\nOf cloaking him with what we most revere!<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nBut if the motive that you make parade of<\/span>
\nIs perfect as you say, why should it wait<\/span>
\nTo show itself, until the day he caught you<\/span>
\nSoliciting his wife? How happens it<\/span>
\nYou have not thought to go inform against him<\/span>
\nUntil his honour forces him to drive you<\/span>
\nOut of his house? And though I need not mention<\/span>
\nThat he’d just given you his whole estate,<\/span>
\nStill, if you meant to treat him now as guilty,<\/span>
\nHow could you then consent to take his gift?<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE (to the Officer)<\/span>
\nPray, sir, deliver me from all this clamour;<\/span>
\nBe good enough to carry out your order.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE OFFICER<\/span>
\nYes, I’ve too long delayed its execution;<\/span>
\n‘Tis very fitting you should urge me to it;<\/span>
\nSo therefore, you must follow me at once<\/span>
\nTo prison, where you’ll find your lodging ready.<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nWho? I, sir?<\/span><\/p>\n

THE OFFICER<\/span>
\nYou.<\/span><\/p>\n

TARTUFFE<\/span>
\nBy why to prison?<\/span><\/p>\n

THE OFFICER<\/span>
\nYou<\/span>
\nAre not the one to whom I owe account.<\/span>
\nYou, sir (to Orgon), recover from your hot alarm.<\/span>
\nOur prince is not a friend to double dealing,<\/span>
\nHis eyes can read men’s inmost hearts, and all<\/span>
\nThe art of hypocrites cannot deceive him.<\/span>
\nHis sharp discernment sees things clear and true;<\/span>
\nHis mind cannot too easily be swayed,<\/span>
\nFor reason always holds the balance even.<\/span>
\nHe honours and exalts true piety,<\/span>
\nBut knows the false, and views it with disgust.<\/span>
\nThis fellow was by no means apt to fool him,<\/span>
\nFar subtler snares have failed against his wisdom,<\/span>
\nAnd his quick insight pierced immediately<\/span>
\nThe hidden baseness of this tortuous heart.<\/span>
\nAccusing you, the knave betrayed himself,<\/span>
\nAnd by true recompense of Heaven’s justice<\/span>
\nHe stood revealed before our monarch’s eyes<\/span>
\nA scoundrel known before by other names,<\/span>
\nWhose horrid crimes, detailed at length, might fill<\/span>
\nA long-drawn history of many volumes.<\/span>
\nOur monarch\u2014to resolve you in a word\u2014<\/span>
\nDetesting his ingratitude and baseness,<\/span>
\nAdded this horror to his other crimes,<\/span>
\nAnd sent me hither under his direction<\/span>
\nTo see his insolence out-top itself,<\/span>
\nAnd force him then to give you satisfaction.<\/span>
\nYour papers, which the traitor says are his,<\/span>
\nI am to take from him, and give you back;<\/span>
\nThe deed of gift transferring your estate<\/span>
\nOur monarch’s sovereign will makes null and void;<\/span>
\nAnd for the secret personal offence<\/span>
\nYour friend involved you in, he pardons you:<\/span>
\nThus he rewards your recent zeal, displayed<\/span>
\nIn helping to maintain his rights, and shows<\/span>
\nHow well his heart, when it is least expected,<\/span>
\nKnows how to recompense a noble deed,<\/span>
\nAnd will not let true merit miss its due,<\/span>
\nRemembering always rather good than evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nNow Heaven be praised!<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nAt last I bcreathe again.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nA happy outcome!<\/span><\/p>\n

MARIANE<\/span>
\nWho’d have dared to hope it?<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON (to Tartuffe, who is being led by the officer)<\/span>
\nThere traitor! Now you’re . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-102","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":88,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/102\/revisions\/103"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/88"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/102\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}