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Just wait a bit; please; brother…in…law。
Let me allay my first anxiety
By asking news about the family。

(To Dorine)
Has everything gone well these last two days?
What's happening? And how is everybody?

DORINE
Madam had fever; and a splitting headache
Day before yesterday; all day and evening。

ORGON
And how about Tartuffe?

DORINE
Tartuffe? He's well;
He's mighty well; stout; fat; fair; rosy…lipped。

ORGON
Poor man!

DORINE
At evening she had nausea
And could't touch a single thing for supper;
Her headache still was so severe。

ORGON
And how
About Tartuffe?

DORINE
He supped alone; before her;
And unctuously ate up two partridges;
As well as half a leg o' mutton; deviled。

ORGON
Poor man!

DORINE
All night she couldn't get a wink
Of sleep; the fever racked her so; and we
Had to sit up with her till daylight。

ORGON
How
About Tartuffe?

DORINE
Gently inclined to slumber;
He left the table; went into his room;
Got himself straight into a good warm bed;
And slept quite undisturbed until next morning。

ORGON
Poor man!

DORINE
At last she let us all persuade her;
And got up courage to be bled; and then
She was relieved at once。

ORGON
And how about
Tartuffe?

DORINE
He plucked up courage properly;
Bravely entrenched his soul against all evils;
And to replace the blood that she had lost;
He drank at breakfast four huge draughts of wine。

ORGON
Poor man!

DORINE
So now they both are doing well;
And I'll go straightway and inform my mistress
How pleased you are at her recovery。



SCENE VI
ORGON; CLEANTE


CLEANTE
Brother; she ridicules you to your face;
And I; though I don't want to make you angry;
Must tell you candidly that she's quite right。
Was such infatuation ever heard of?
And can a man to…day have charms to make you
Forget all else; relieve his poverty;
Give him a home; and then 。 。 。 ?

ORGON
Stop there; good brother;
You do not know the man you're speaking of。

CLEANTE
Since you will have it so; I do not know him;
But after all; to tell what sort of man
He is 。 。 。

ORGON
Dear brother; you'd be charmed to know him;
Your raptures over him would have no end。
He is a man 。 。 。 who 。 。 。 ah! 。 。 。 in fact 。 。 。a man
Whoever does his will; knows perfect peace;
And counts the whole world else; as so much dung。
His converse has transformed me quite; he weans
My heart from every friendship; teaches me
To have no love for anything on earth;
And I could see my brother; children; mother;
And wife; all die; and never carea snap。

CLEANTE
Your feelings are humane; I must say; brother!

ORGON
Ah! If you'd seen him; as I saw him first;
You would have loved him just as much as I。
He came to church each day; with contrite mien;
Kneeled; on both knees; right opposite my place;
And drew the eyes of all the congregation;
To watch the fervour of his prayers to heaven;
With deep…drawn sighs and great ejaculations;
He humbly kissed the earth at every moment;
And when I left the church; he ran before me
To give me holy water at the door。
I learned his poverty; and who he was;
By questioning his servant; who is like him;
And gave him gifts; but in his modesty
He always wanted to return a part。
〃It is too much;〃 he'd say; 〃too much by half;
I am not worthy of your pity。〃 Then;
When I refused to take it back; he'd go;
Before my eyes; and give it to the poor。
At length heaven bade me take him to my home;
And since that day; all seems to prosper here。
He censures everything; and for my sake
He even takes great interest in my wife;
He lets me know who ogles her; and seems
Six times as jealous as I am myself。
You'd not believe how far his zeal can go:
He calls himself a sinner just for trifles;
The merest nothing is enough to shock him;
So much so; that the other day I heard him
Accuse himself for having; while at prayer;
In too much anger caught and killed a flea。

CLEANTE
Zounds; brother; you are mad; I think! Or else
You're making sport of me; with such a speech。
What are you driving at with all this nonsense 。 。 。 ?

ORGON
Brother; your language smacks of atheism;
And I suspect your soul's a little tainted
Therewith。 I've preached to you a score of times
That you'll draw down some judgment on your head。

CLEANTE
That is the usual strain of all your kind;
They must have every one as blind as they。
They call you atheist if you have good eyes;
And if you don't adore their vain grimaces;
You've neither faith nor care for sacred things。
No; no; such talk can't frighten me; I know
What I am saying; heaven sees my heart。
We're not the dupes of all your canting mummers;
There are false heroesand false devotees;
And as true heroes never are the ones
Who make much noise about their deeds of honour;
Just so true devotees; whom we should follow;
Are not the ones who make so much vain show。
What! Will you find no difference between
Hypocrisy and genuine devoutness?
And will you treat them both alike; and pay
The self…same honour both to masks and faces
Set artifice beside sincerity;
Confuse the semblance with reality;
Esteem a phantom like a living person;
And counterfeit as good as honest coin?
Men; for the most part; are strange creatures; truly!
You never find them keep the golden mean;
The limits of good sense; too narrow for them;
Must always be passed by; in each direction;
They often spoil the noblest things; because
They go too far; and push them to extremes。
I merely say this by the way; good brother。

ORGON
You are the sole expounder of the doctrine;
Wisdom shall die with you; no doubt; good brother;
You are the only wise; the sole enlightened;
The oracle; the Cato; of our age。
All men; compared to you; are downright fools。

CLEANTE
I'm not the sole expounder of the doctrine;
And wisdom shall not die with me; good brother。
But this I know; though it be all my knowledge;
That there's a difference 'twixt false and true。
And as I find no kind of hero more
To be admired than men of true religion;
Nothing more noble or more beautiful
Than is the holy zeal of true devoutness;
Just so I think there's naught more odious
Than whited sepulchres of outward unction;
Those barefaced charlatans; those hireling zealots;
Whose sacrilegious; treacherous pretence
Deceives at will; and with impunity
Makes mockery of all that men hold sacred;
Men who; enslaved to selfish interests;
Make trade and merchandise of godliness;
And try to purchase influence and office
With false eye…rollings and affected raptures;
Those men; I say; who with uncommon zeal
Seek their own fortunes on the road to heaven;
Who; skilled in prayer; have always much to ask;
And live at court to preach retirement;
Who reconcile religion with their vices;
Are quick to anger; vengeful; faithless; tricky;
And; to destroy a man; will have the boldness
To call their private grudge the cause of heaven;
All the more dangerous; since in their anger
They use against us weapons men revere;
And since they make the world applaud their passion;
And seek to stab us with a sacred sword。
There are too many of this canting kind。
Still; the sincere are easy to distinguish;
And many splendid patter
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