RDAIN: Well! This Fencing Master seems to get under
your skin. I'll soon show you how impertinent you are.(He has the
foils brought and gives one to Nicole). There. Demonstration: The
line of the body. When your opponent thrusts in quarte, you need
only do this, and when they thrust in tierce, you need only do
this. That is the way never to be killed, and isn't it fine to be
assured of what one does, when fighting against someone? There,
thrust at me a little, to see.

NICOLE: Well then, what? (Nicole thrusts, giving him several
hits).

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Easy! Wait! Oh! Gently! Devil take the hussy!

NICOLE: You told me to thrust.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Yes, but you thrust in tierce, before you thrust
in quarte, and you didn't have the patience to let me parry.

MADAME JOURDAIN: You are a fool, husband, with all your fantasies,
and this has come to you since you took a notion to associate with
the nobility.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: When I associate with the nobility, I show my
good judgment; and that's better than associating with your
shopkeepers.

MADAME JOURDAIN: Oh yes, truly! There's a great deal to gain by
consorting with your nobles, and you did so well with your fine
Count you were so taken with!

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Peace! Think what you're saying. You know very
well, wife, that you don't know who you're talking about, when you
talk about him! He's a more important person than you think: a
great Lord, respected at court, and who talks to the King just as I
talk to you. Is it not a thing which does me great honor, that a
person of this quality is seen to come so often to my house, who
calls me his dear friend and treats me as if I were his equal? He
has more regard for me than one would ever imagine; and, in front
of everyone, he shows me so much affection that I am embarrassed
myself.

MADAME JOURDAIN: Yes, he has a kindness for you, and shows his
affection, but he borrows your money.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: So! Isn't it an honor for me to lend money to a
man of that condition? And can I do less for a lord who calls me
his dear friend?

MADAME JOURDAIN: And this lord, what does he do for you?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Things that would astonish you if you knew
them.

MADAME JOURDAIN: Like what?

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Blast! I cannot explain myself. It must suffice
that if I have lent him money, he'll pay it back fully, and before
long.

MADAME JOURDAIN: Yes. You are waiting for that.

MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Ass