(Cléonte, Covielle, Nicole)
       NICOLE
       Ah! I'm glad to have found you. I'm an ambassadress of joy, and I come . . .
       CLÉONTE
       Get out, traitor, and don't come to amuse me with your treacherous words.
       NICOLE
       Is this how you receive me . . .
       CLÉONTE
       Get out, I tell you, and go tell your faithless mistress that she will never again in her life deceive the too trusting Cléonte.
       NICOLE
       What caprice is this? My dear Covielle, explain a little what you are trying to say.
       COVIELLE
       Your dear Covielle, little hussy? Go, quickly, out of my sight, villainess , and leave me in peace.
       NICOLE
       What! You come to me too. . .
       COVIELLE
       Out of my sight, I tell you, and never speak to me again.
       NICOLE
       My word! What fly has bitten those two? Let's go tell this pretty story to my mistress.

The Cast
act one
   Scene I
   Scene II
act two
   Scene I
   Scene II
   Scene III
   Scene IV
   Scene V
act three
   Scene I
   Scene II
   Scene III
   Scene IV
   Scene V
   Scene VI
   Scene VII
   Scene VIII
   Scene IX
   Scene X
   Scene XI
   Scene XII
   Scene XIII
   Scene XIV
   Scene XV
   Scene XVI
act four
   Scene I
   Scene II
   Scene III
   Scene IV
   Scene V
act five
   Scene I
   Scene II
   Scene III
   Scene IV
   Scene V
   Scene VI