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ELMIRE, DAMIS, TARTUFFE<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nDAMIS (coming out of the closet-room where he had been hiding)<\/span>\r\nNo, I say! This thing must be made public.<\/span>\r\nI was just there, and overheard it all;<\/span>\r\nAnd Heaven's goodness must have brought me there<\/span>\r\nOn purpose to confound this scoundrel's pride<\/span>\r\nAnd grant me means to take a signal vengeance<\/span>\r\nOn his hypocrisy and arrogance,<\/span>\r\nAnd undeceive my father, showing up<\/span>\r\nThe rascal caught at making love to you.<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nNo, no; it is enough if he reforms,<\/span>\r\nEndeavouring to deserve the favour shown him.<\/span>\r\nAnd since I've promised, do not you belie me.<\/span>\r\n'Tis not my way to make a public scandal;<\/span>\r\nAn honest wife will scorn to heed such follies,<\/span>\r\nAnd never fret her husband's ears with them.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nYou've reasons of your own for acting thus;<\/span>\r\nAnd I have mine for doing otherwise.<\/span>\r\nTo spare him now would be a mockery;<\/span>\r\nHis bigot's pride has triumphed all too long<\/span>\r\nOver my righteous anger, and has caused<\/span>\r\nFar too much trouble in our family.<\/span>\r\nThe rascal all too long has ruled my father,<\/span>\r\nAnd crossed my sister's love, and mine as well.<\/span>\r\nThe traitor now must be unmasked before him:<\/span>\r\nAnd Providence has given me means to do it.<\/span>\r\nTo Heaven I owe the opportunity,<\/span>\r\nAnd if I did not use it now I have it,<\/span>\r\nI should deserve to lose it once for all.<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nDamis . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nNo, by your leave; I'll not be counselled.<\/span>\r\nI'm overjoyed. You needn't try to tell me<\/span>\r\nI must give up the pleasure of revenge.<\/span>\r\nI'll make an end of this affair at once;<\/span>\r\nAnd, to content me, here's my father now.<\/span>","rendered":"

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ELMIRE, DAMIS, TARTUFFE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DAMIS (coming out of the closet-room where he had been hiding)<\/span>
\nNo, I say! This thing must be made public.<\/span>
\nI was just there, and overheard it all;<\/span>
\nAnd Heaven’s goodness must have brought me there<\/span>
\nOn purpose to confound this scoundrel’s pride<\/span>
\nAnd grant me means to take a signal vengeance<\/span>
\nOn his hypocrisy and arrogance,<\/span>
\nAnd undeceive my father, showing up<\/span>
\nThe rascal caught at making love to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nNo, no; it is enough if he reforms,<\/span>
\nEndeavouring to deserve the favour shown him.<\/span>
\nAnd since I’ve promised, do not you belie me.<\/span>
\n‘Tis not my way to make a public scandal;<\/span>
\nAn honest wife will scorn to heed such follies,<\/span>
\nAnd never fret her husband’s ears with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nYou’ve reasons of your own for acting thus;<\/span>
\nAnd I have mine for doing otherwise.<\/span>
\nTo spare him now would be a mockery;<\/span>
\nHis bigot’s pride has triumphed all too long<\/span>
\nOver my righteous anger, and has caused<\/span>
\nFar too much trouble in our family.<\/span>
\nThe rascal all too long has ruled my father,<\/span>
\nAnd crossed my sister’s love, and mine as well.<\/span>
\nThe traitor now must be unmasked before him:<\/span>
\nAnd Providence has given me means to do it.<\/span>
\nTo Heaven I owe the opportunity,<\/span>
\nAnd if I did not use it now I have it,<\/span>
\nI should deserve to lose it once for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nDamis . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nNo, by your leave; I’ll not be counselled.<\/span>
\nI’m overjoyed. You needn’t try to tell me<\/span>
\nI must give up the pleasure of revenge.<\/span>
\nI’ll make an end of this affair at once;<\/span>
\nAnd, to content me, here’s my father now.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-60","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":44,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/60","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\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/60\/revisions\/61"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/44"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/60\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}