{"id":54,"date":"2020-05-12T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/tartuffe\/?post_type=chapter&p=54"},"modified":"2020-05-12T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:02:09","slug":"scene-i-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/chapter\/scene-i-2\/","title":{"raw":"Scene I","rendered":"Scene I"},"content":{"raw":"

DAMIS, DORINE<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nMay lightning strike me dead this very instant,<\/span>\r\nMay I be everywhere proclaimed a scoundrel,<\/span>\r\nIf any reverence or power shall stop me,<\/span>\r\nAnd if I don't do straightway something desperate!<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nI beg you, moderate this towering passion;<\/span>\r\nYour father did but merely mention it.<\/span>\r\nNot all things that are talked of turn to facts;<\/span>\r\nThe road is long, sometimes, from plans to acts.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nNo, I must end this paltry fellow's plots,<\/span>\r\nAnd he shall hear from me a truth or two.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nSo ho! Go slow now. Just you leave the fellow\u2014<\/span>\r\nYour father too\u2014in your step-mother's hands.<\/span>\r\nShe has some influence with this Tartuffe,<\/span>\r\nHe makes a point of heeding all she says,<\/span>\r\nAnd I suspect that he is fond of her.<\/span>\r\nWould God 'twere true!\u2014'Twould be the height of humour<\/span>\r\nNow, she has sent for him, in your behalf,<\/span>\r\nTo sound him on this marriage, to find out<\/span>\r\nWhat his ideas are, and to show him plainly<\/span>\r\nWhat troubles he may cause, if he persists<\/span>\r\nIn giving countenance to this design.<\/span>\r\nHis man says, he's at prayers, I mustn't see him,<\/span>\r\nBut likewise says, he'll presently be down.<\/span>\r\nSo off with you, and let me wait for him.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nI may be present at this interview.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nNo, no! They must be left alone.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nI won't<\/span>\r\nSo much as speak to him.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nGo on! We know you<\/span>\r\nAnd your high tantrums. Just the way to spoil things!<\/span>\r\nBe off.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nNo, I must see\u2014I'll keep my temper.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nOut on you, what a plague! He's coming. Hide!<\/span>\r\n\r\n(Damis goes and hides in the closet at the back of the stage.)<\/span>","rendered":"

DAMIS, DORINE<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nMay lightning strike me dead this very instant,<\/span>
\nMay I be everywhere proclaimed a scoundrel,<\/span>
\nIf any reverence or power shall stop me,<\/span>
\nAnd if I don’t do straightway something desperate!<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nI beg you, moderate this towering passion;<\/span>
\nYour father did but merely mention it.<\/span>
\nNot all things that are talked of turn to facts;<\/span>
\nThe road is long, sometimes, from plans to acts.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nNo, I must end this paltry fellow’s plots,<\/span>
\nAnd he shall hear from me a truth or two.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nSo ho! Go slow now. Just you leave the fellow\u2014<\/span>
\nYour father too\u2014in your step-mother’s hands.<\/span>
\nShe has some influence with this Tartuffe,<\/span>
\nHe makes a point of heeding all she says,<\/span>
\nAnd I suspect that he is fond of her.<\/span>
\nWould God ’twere true!\u2014’Twould be the height of humour<\/span>
\nNow, she has sent for him, in your behalf,<\/span>
\nTo sound him on this marriage, to find out<\/span>
\nWhat his ideas are, and to show him plainly<\/span>
\nWhat troubles he may cause, if he persists<\/span>
\nIn giving countenance to this design.<\/span>
\nHis man says, he’s at prayers, I mustn’t see him,<\/span>
\nBut likewise says, he’ll presently be down.<\/span>
\nSo off with you, and let me wait for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nI may be present at this interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nNo, no! They must be left alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nI won’t<\/span>
\nSo much as speak to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nGo on! We know you<\/span>
\nAnd your high tantrums. Just the way to spoil things!<\/span>
\nBe off.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nNo, I must see\u2014I’ll keep my temper.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nOut on you, what a plague! He’s coming. Hide!<\/span><\/p>\n

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