Innocent's Gate. They amassed wealth for their
children, they're paying dearly perhaps for it now in the other
world, and one can scarcely get that rich by being honest." I
certainly don't want all that gossip, and I want, in a word, a man
who will be obliged to me for my daughter and to whom I can say,
"Sit down there, my son-in-law, and have dinner with me."
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Surely those are the sentiments of a little
spirit, to want to remain always in a base condition. Don't talk
back to me: my daughter will be a marchioness in spite of
everyone. And, if you make me angrier, I'll make a duchess of
her.
MADAME JOURDAIN: Cleonte, don't lose courage yet. Follow me, my
daughter, and tell your father resolutely that, if you can't have
him, you don't want to marry anyone.
ACT THREE
SCENE XIII (Cleonte, Covielle)
COVIELLE: You've made a fine business, with your pretty
sentiments.
CLEONTE: What do you want? I have a scruple about that which
precedent cannot conquer.
COVIELLE: Don't you make a fool of yourself by taking it seriously
with a man like that? Don't you see that he is a fool? And would it
cost you anything to accommodate yourself to his fantasies?
CLEONTE: You're right. But I didn't believe it necessary to prove
nobility in order to be Monsieur Jourdain's son-in-law.
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