The Middle Class Gentleman: Scene VIII
Scene VIII
(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.