SCENE XVIII.--GORGIBUS, MADELON, CATHOS, JODELET, MASCARILLE, AND

MUSICIANS.

GORG. Ah! you hussies, you have put us in a nice pickle, by what I can

see; I have heard about your fine goings on from those two gentlemen who

just left.

MAD. Ah, father! they have played us a cruel trick.

GORG. Yes, it is a cruel trick, but you may thank your own impertinence

for it, you jades. They have revenged themselves for the way you treated

them; and yet, unhappy man that I am, I must put up with the affront.

MAD. Ah! I swear we will be revenged, or I shall die in the attempt. And

you, rascals, dare you remain here after your insolence?

MASC. Do you treat a marquis in this manner? This is the way of the

world; the least misfortune causes us to be slighted by those who before

caressed us. Come along, brother, let us go and seek our fortune

somewhere else; I perceive they love nothing here but outward show, and

have no regard for worth unadorned. (_They both leave_).

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