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ELMIRE, ORGON<\/p>\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nBring up this table, and get under it.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nWhat?<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nOne essential is to hide you well.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nWhy under there?<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nOh, dear! Do as I say;<\/span>\r\nI know what I'm about, as you shall see.<\/span>\r\nGet under, now, I tell you; and once there<\/span>\r\nBe careful no one either sees or hears you.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nI'm going a long way to humour you,<\/span>\r\nI must say; but I'll see you through your scheme.<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nAnd then you'll have, I think, no more to say.<\/span>\r\n\r\n(To her husband, who is now under the table.)<\/span>\r\nBut mind, I'm going to meddle with strange matters;<\/span>\r\nPrepare yourself to be in no wise shocked.<\/span>\r\nWhatever I may say must pass, because<\/span>\r\n'Tis only to convince you, as I promised.<\/span>\r\nBy wheedling speeches, since I'm forced to do it,<\/span>\r\nI'll make this hypocrite put off his mask,<\/span>\r\nFlatter the longings of his shameless passion,<\/span>\r\nAnd give free play to all his impudence.<\/span>\r\nBut, since 'tis for your sake, to prove to you<\/span>\r\nHis guilt, that I shall feign to share his love,<\/span>\r\nI can leave off as soon as you're convinced,<\/span>\r\nAnd things shall go no farther than you choose.<\/span>\r\nSo, when you think they've gone quite far enough,<\/span>\r\nIt is for you to stop his mad pursuit,<\/span>\r\nTo spare your wife, and not expose me farther<\/span>\r\nThan you shall need, yourself, to undeceive you.<\/span>\r\nIt is your own affair, and you must end it<\/span>\r\nWhen . . . Here he comes. Keep still, don't show yourself.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

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ELMIRE, ORGON<\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nBring up this table, and get under it.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nWhat?<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nOne essential is to hide you well.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nWhy under there?<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nOh, dear! Do as I say;<\/span>
\nI know what I’m about, as you shall see.<\/span>
\nGet under, now, I tell you; and once there<\/span>
\nBe careful no one either sees or hears you.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nI’m going a long way to humour you,<\/span>
\nI must say; but I’ll see you through your scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nAnd then you’ll have, I think, no more to say.<\/span><\/p>\n

(To her husband, who is now under the table.)<\/span>
\nBut mind, I’m going to meddle with strange matters;<\/span>
\nPrepare yourself to be in no wise shocked.<\/span>
\nWhatever I may say must pass, because<\/span>
\n‘Tis only to convince you, as I promised.<\/span>
\nBy wheedling speeches, since I’m forced to do it,<\/span>
\nI’ll make this hypocrite put off his mask,<\/span>
\nFlatter the longings of his shameless passion,<\/span>
\nAnd give free play to all his impudence.<\/span>
\nBut, since ’tis for your sake, to prove to you<\/span>
\nHis guilt, that I shall feign to share his love,<\/span>
\nI can leave off as soon as you’re convinced,<\/span>
\nAnd things shall go no farther than you choose.<\/span>
\nSo, when you think they’ve gone quite far enough,<\/span>
\nIt is for you to stop his mad pursuit,<\/span>
\nTo spare your wife, and not expose me farther<\/span>
\nThan you shall need, yourself, to undeceive you.<\/span>
\nIt is your own affair, and you must end it<\/span>
\nWhen . . . Here he comes. Keep still, don’t show yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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-76","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":68,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/76","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\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/76\/revisions\/77"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/68"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/76\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}