Gor. I must go, and set this poor fellow free. To say the truth, if his brother has forgiven him, it is not before ill-treating him very much (_goes into his house, and comes out with Sganarelle as a servant_). Sgan. I thank you very much, sir, for the trouble you have taken and the kindness you have shown me. I shall be obliged to you for it all my life. Gr.-Re. (_to_ Gorgibus). Where do you think the doctor is now? Gor. He is gone away. Gr.-Re. (_who has picked up_ Sganarelle's _gown_). I hold him under my arm. There is the knave who played the doctor and deceived you; and, while he is deceiving you and playing you off, Valère and your daughter are together, doing all they like. Gor. Ah! how unfortunate I am! But you shall be hanged! you knave! you scoundrel! Sgan. Why, sir, what good will it do you to hang me? Hear a word or two, I beg of you. It is true that, thanks to my stratagem, my master is with your daughter; but, while serving him, I have done you no wrong. It is a good match for her, both as to birth and money. Believe me, do not make a scandal which would turn to your shame; but send this knave here to the devil along with Villebrequin. But here are our lovers. Scene XV.--Valère, Lucile, Gorgibus, Sganarelle. Val. We come to ask you to forgive us. Gor. I forgive you; and, on seeing such a good son-in-law, think myself happily deceived by Sganarelle. Now, let us all go to the wedding, and drink the health of the company. THE END FOOTNOTES [1] The actor seems in this place to have been left to add any nonsense that came into his head. The MS. has "... &c. (_galimatias_)." [2] Compare 'Le Dépit Amoureux,' Act i. So. i. [3] A scrap from 'Le Cid' of Corneille. [4] _Je dédonne au diable_ is apparently a euphemism for _Je donne au diable._ In French, compare _parbleu, corbleu_, &c., and _deuce, zounds, egad_, &c., in English. [5] _I.e._ brand.