LEANDER, ANDRÈS, MASCARILLE.
MASC. Now, let us see whether this devil of yours will have the power to
destroy so solid a foundation as this; and whether your inventive powers
will again strive against this great good luck that befalls you. Through
a most unexpected favourable turn of fortune your desires are crowned
with success, and Celia is yours.
LEL. Am I to believe that the omnipotence of Heaven...?
TRUF. Yes, son-in-law, it is really so.
PAND. The matter is settled.
AND. (_To Lelio_). By this I repay the obligation you lay me under.
LEL. (_To Mascarille_). I must embrace you ever so many times in
this great joy...
MASC. Oh! oh! gently, I beseech you; he has almost choked me. I am very
much afraid for Celia if you embrace her so forcibly. One can do very
well without such proofs of affection.
TRUF. (_To Lelio_). You know the happiness with which Heaven has
blessed me; but since the same day has caused us all to rejoice, let us
not part until it is ended, and let Leander's father also be sent for
quickly.
MASC. You are all provided for. Is there not some girl who might suit
poor Mascarille? As I see, every Jack has his Gill, I also want to be
married.
ANS. I have a wife for you.
MASC. Let us go, then; and may propitious Heaven give us children, whose
fathers we really are.