ER. You could not have done better; your prudence was admirable. That is
how we must get rid of bores. Farewell.
DOR. When you like, we will go somewhere where we need not dread
country-hunters.
ER. (_Alone_). Very well. I think I shall lose patience in the end.
Let me make all haste, and try to excuse myself.
BALLET TO ACT II.
_First Entry_.
Bowlers stop Eraste to measure a distance about which there is a
dispute. He gets clear of them with difficulty, and leaves them to dance
a measure, composed of all the postures usual to that game.
_Second Entry_.
Little boys with slings enter and interrupt them, who are in their turn
driven out by
_Third Entry_.
Cobblers, men and women, their fathers, and others, who are also driven
out in their turn.
_Fourth Entry_.
A gardener, who dances alone, and then retires.
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ACT III.
SCENE I.--ERASTE, LA MONTAGNE.
ER. It is true that on the one hand my efforts have succeeded; the
object of my love is at length appeased. But on the other hand I am
wearied, and the cruel stars have persecuted my passion with double
fury.
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