MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: It's true, these are favors that confound me.
MADAME JOURDAIN: (To Nicole) Will he never go?
NICOLE: They enjoy being together.
DORANTE: You took the right tack to touch her heart. Women love
above all the expenses we go to for them; and your frequent
serenades, your continual bouquets, that superb fireworks for her
over the water, the diamond she has received from you, and the
entertainment you are preparing for her, all this speaks much
better in favor of your love than all the words you might have
spoken yourself.
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: There are no expenditures I would not make if by
that means I might find the road to her heart. A woman of quality
has ravishing charms for me and it's an honor I would purchase at
any price.
MADAME JOURDAIN: (To Nicole) What can they talk about so much?
Steal over and listen a little.
DORANTE: Soon enough you will enjoy at your ease the pleasure of
seeing her, and your eyes will have a long time to satisfy
themselves.
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: To be completely free, I have arranged for my
wife to go to dinner at her sister's, where she'll spend all the
after-dinner hours.
DORANTE: You have done prudently, as your wife might have
embarrassed us. I have given the necessary orders to the cook for
you, and for the ballet.
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