rm please bring to me, before
You go up to bed, the keys to your door.
I'll take care not to disrupt your repose
And not to do anything you would oppose.
But tomorrow morning you must get set
To empty the house, down to the last brochette.
My boys will assist you. Each one's a strong lout
And will do all he can to help move you out.
I'm doing my best to use common sense,
And, since I'm treating you with such indulgence,
I beg you, sir, to act the same way to me.
Let no one bar me from doing my duty.
Orgon [aside]. With a happy heart I would at once pay
The last hundred francs that are mine today
For the power and pleasure of hitting his snout
With one absolutely sensational clout.
Cleante [quietly, to Orgon]. Go easy, don't make things worse.
Damis. My hand itches
To get in a fight with these sons of bitches.
Dorine. Monsieur Loyal, I think it might become you
To have your broad back beaten black and blue.
Monsieur Loyal. These wicked words deserve condemnation,
And women, too, may earn incarceration.
Cleante [to Monsieur Loyal]. Let's end it now; that's enough for today.
Hand over the paper, and be on your way.
Monsieur Loyal. Until later, then. Heaven keep you in joy!
Orgon. May it confound you, and your employer!

SCENE V
Orgon, Cleante, Mariane, Elmire, Madame Pernelle, Dorine, Damis

Orgon. There! You now see, mother, that I was right,
And you can judge of the rest by this writ.
Do you admit at last that he can lie?
Madame Pernelle. It's as if a bolt has struck from the sky.
Dorine [to Orgon]. You're wrong to complain, and wrong to blame him.
These things show the grand plans of your seraphim.
His neighborly love finds consummation
In proving that wealth causes degradation,
And from pure charity he wants to remove
Every obstacle between you and God's love.
Orgon. Shut up. . . . I'm always saying that to you.
Cleante [to Orgon]. Let us consider what we ought to do.
Elmire. We must expose this man's insolent acts.
His deeds invalidate all the contracts.
And his disloyalty will seem too plain
If he tries to use them for personal gain.

SCENE VI
Valere, Orgon, Cleante, Elmire, Mariane, Madame Pernelle, Damis, Do