{"id":94,"date":"2020-05-12T20:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/tartuffe\/?post_type=chapter&p=94"},"modified":"2020-05-12T20:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:18:38","slug":"scene-iii-5","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/chapter\/scene-iii-5\/","title":{"raw":"Scene III","rendered":"Scene III"},"content":{"raw":"
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MADAME PERNELLE, ORGON, ELMIRE, CLEANTE, MARIANE, DAMIS, DORINE<\/p>\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nWhat's this? I hear of fearful mysteries!<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nStrange things indeed, for my own eyes to witness;<\/span>\r\nYou see how I'm requited for my kindness,<\/span>\r\nI zealously receive a wretched beggar,<\/span>\r\nI lodge him, entertain him like my brother,<\/span>\r\nLoad him with benefactions every day,<\/span>\r\nGive him my daughter, give him all my fortune:<\/span>\r\nAnd he meanwhile, the villain, rascal, wretch,<\/span>\r\nTries with black treason to suborn my wife,<\/span>\r\nAnd not content with such a foul design,<\/span>\r\nHe dares to menace me with my own favours,<\/span>\r\nAnd would make use of those advantages<\/span>\r\nWhich my too foolish kindness armed him with,<\/span>\r\nTo ruin me, to take my fortune from me,<\/span>\r\nAnd leave me in the state I saved him from.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE<\/span>\r\nPoor man!<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nMy son, I cannot possibly<\/span>\r\nBelieve he could intend so black a deed.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nWhat?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nWorthy men are still the sport of envy.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nMother, what do you mean by such a speech?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nThere are strange goings-on about your house,<\/span>\r\nAnd everybody knows your people hate him.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nWhat's that to do with what I tell you now?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nI always said, my son, when you were little:<\/span>\r\nThat virtue here below is hated ever;<\/span>\r\nThe envious may die, but envy never.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nWhat's that fine speech to do with present facts?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nBe sure, they've forged a hundred silly lies . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nI've told you once, I saw it all myself.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nFor slanderers abound in calumnies . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nMother, you'd make me damn my soul. I tell you<\/span>\r\nI saw with my own eyes his shamelessness.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nTheir tongues for spitting venom never lack,<\/span>\r\nThere's nothing here below they'll not attack.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nYour speech has not a single grain of sense.<\/span>\r\nI saw it, harkee, saw it, with these eyes<\/span>\r\nI saw\u2014d'ye know what saw means?\u2014must I say it<\/span>\r\nA hundred times, and din it in your ears?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nMy dear, appearances are oft deceiving,<\/span>\r\nAnd seeing shouldn't always be believing.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nI'll go mad.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nFalse suspicions may delude,<\/span>\r\nAnd good to evil oft is misconstrued.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nMust I construe as Christian charity<\/span>\r\nThe wish to kiss my wife!<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nYou must, at least,<\/span>\r\nHave just foundation for accusing people,<\/span>\r\nAnd wait until you see a thing for sure.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nThe devil! How could I see any surer?<\/span>\r\nShould I have waited till, before my eyes,<\/span>\r\nHe . . . No, you'll make me say things quite improper.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMADAME PERNELLE<\/span>\r\nIn short, 'tis known too pure a zeal inflames him;<\/span>\r\nAnd so, I cannot possibly conceive<\/span>\r\nThat he should try to do what's charged against him.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nIf you were not my mother, I should say<\/span>\r\nSuch things! . . . I know not what, I'm so enraged!<\/span>\r\n\r\nDORINE (to Orgon)<\/span>\r\nFortune has paid you fair, to be so doubted;<\/span>\r\nYou flouted our report, now yours is flouted.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nWe're wasting time here in the merest trifling,<\/span>\r\nWhich we should rather use in taking measures<\/span>\r\nTo guard ourselves against the scoundrel's threats.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDAMIS<\/span>\r\nYou think his impudence could go far?<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nFor one, I can't believe it possible;<\/span>\r\nWhy, his ingratitude would be too patent.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nDon't trust to that; he'll find abundant warrant<\/span>\r\nTo give good colour to his acts against you;<\/span>\r\nAnd for less cause than this, a strong cabal<\/span>\r\nCan make one's life a labyrinth of troubles.<\/span>\r\nI tell you once again: armed as he is<\/span>\r\nYou never should have pushed him quite so far.<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON<\/span>\r\nTrue; yet what could I do? The rascal's pride<\/span>\r\nMade me lose all control of my resentment.<\/span>\r\n\r\nCLEANTE<\/span>\r\nI wish with all my heart that some pretence<\/span>\r\nOf peace could be patched up between you two<\/span>\r\n\r\nELMIRE<\/span>\r\nIf I had known what weapons he was armed with,<\/span>\r\nI never should have raised such an alarm,<\/span>\r\nAnd my . . .<\/span>\r\n\r\nORGON (to Dorine, seeing Mr. Loyal come in)<\/span>\r\nWho's coming now? Go quick, find out.<\/span>\r\nI'm in a fine state to receive a visit!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

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MADAME PERNELLE, ORGON, ELMIRE, CLEANTE, MARIANE, DAMIS, DORINE<\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nWhat’s this? I hear of fearful mysteries!<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nStrange things indeed, for my own eyes to witness;<\/span>
\nYou see how I’m requited for my kindness,<\/span>
\nI zealously receive a wretched beggar,<\/span>
\nI lodge him, entertain him like my brother,<\/span>
\nLoad him with benefactions every day,<\/span>
\nGive him my daughter, give him all my fortune:<\/span>
\nAnd he meanwhile, the villain, rascal, wretch,<\/span>
\nTries with black treason to suborn my wife,<\/span>
\nAnd not content with such a foul design,<\/span>
\nHe dares to menace me with my own favours,<\/span>
\nAnd would make use of those advantages<\/span>
\nWhich my too foolish kindness armed him with,<\/span>
\nTo ruin me, to take my fortune from me,<\/span>
\nAnd leave me in the state I saved him from.<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE<\/span>
\nPoor man!<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nMy son, I cannot possibly<\/span>
\nBelieve he could intend so black a deed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nWorthy men are still the sport of envy.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nMother, what do you mean by such a speech?<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nThere are strange goings-on about your house,<\/span>
\nAnd everybody knows your people hate him.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nWhat’s that to do with what I tell you now?<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nI always said, my son, when you were little:<\/span>
\nThat virtue here below is hated ever;<\/span>
\nThe envious may die, but envy never.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nWhat’s that fine speech to do with present facts?<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nBe sure, they’ve forged a hundred silly lies . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nI’ve told you once, I saw it all myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nFor slanderers abound in calumnies . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nMother, you’d make me damn my soul. I tell you<\/span>
\nI saw with my own eyes his shamelessness.<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nTheir tongues for spitting venom never lack,<\/span>
\nThere’s nothing here below they’ll not attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nYour speech has not a single grain of sense.<\/span>
\nI saw it, harkee, saw it, with these eyes<\/span>
\nI saw\u2014d’ye know what saw means?\u2014must I say it<\/span>
\nA hundred times, and din it in your ears?<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nMy dear, appearances are oft deceiving,<\/span>
\nAnd seeing shouldn’t always be believing.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nI’ll go mad.<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nFalse suspicions may delude,<\/span>
\nAnd good to evil oft is misconstrued.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nMust I construe as Christian charity<\/span>
\nThe wish to kiss my wife!<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nYou must, at least,<\/span>
\nHave just foundation for accusing people,<\/span>
\nAnd wait until you see a thing for sure.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nThe devil! How could I see any surer?<\/span>
\nShould I have waited till, before my eyes,<\/span>
\nHe . . . No, you’ll make me say things quite improper.<\/span><\/p>\n

MADAME PERNELLE<\/span>
\nIn short, ’tis known too pure a zeal inflames him;<\/span>
\nAnd so, I cannot possibly conceive<\/span>
\nThat he should try to do what’s charged against him.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nIf you were not my mother, I should say<\/span>
\nSuch things! . . . I know not what, I’m so enraged!<\/span><\/p>\n

DORINE (to Orgon)<\/span>
\nFortune has paid you fair, to be so doubted;<\/span>
\nYou flouted our report, now yours is flouted.<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nWe’re wasting time here in the merest trifling,<\/span>
\nWhich we should rather use in taking measures<\/span>
\nTo guard ourselves against the scoundrel’s threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

DAMIS<\/span>
\nYou think his impudence could go far?<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nFor one, I can’t believe it possible;<\/span>
\nWhy, his ingratitude would be too patent.<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nDon’t trust to that; he’ll find abundant warrant<\/span>
\nTo give good colour to his acts against you;<\/span>
\nAnd for less cause than this, a strong cabal<\/span>
\nCan make one’s life a labyrinth of troubles.<\/span>
\nI tell you once again: armed as he is<\/span>
\nYou never should have pushed him quite so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON<\/span>
\nTrue; yet what could I do? The rascal’s pride<\/span>
\nMade me lose all control of my resentment.<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEANTE<\/span>
\nI wish with all my heart that some pretence<\/span>
\nOf peace could be patched up between you two<\/span><\/p>\n

ELMIRE<\/span>
\nIf I had known what weapons he was armed with,<\/span>
\nI never should have raised such an alarm,<\/span>
\nAnd my . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

ORGON (to Dorine, seeing Mr. Loyal come in)<\/span>
\nWho’s coming now? Go quick, find out.<\/span>
\nI’m in a fine state to receive a visit!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-94","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":88,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/94","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\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/94\/revisions\/95"}],"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\/94\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/tartuffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}