BEL. What do you mean by this "Come, I say"? And what is there so wonderful in what I tell you? I am handsome enough, I should think, to have more than one heart in subjection to my empire; and Dorante, Damis, Cléonte, and Lycidas show well enough the power of my charms. ARI. Do those men love you? BEL. Yes; with all their might. ARI. They have told you so? BEL. No one would take such a liberty; they have, up to the present time, respected me so much that they have never spoken to me of their love. But the dumb interpreters have done their office in offering their hearts and lives to me. ARI. I hardly ever see Damis here. BEL. It is to show me a more respectful submission. ARI. Dorante, with sharp words, abuses you everywhere. BEL. It is the transport of a jealous passion. ARI. Cléonte and Lycidas are both married. BEL. It was the despair to which I had reduced their love. ARI. Upon my word, sister, these are mere visions. CHRY. (to BÉLISE). You had better get rid of these idle fancies. BEL. Ah! idle fancies! They are idle fancies, you think. I have idle fancies! Really, "idle fancies" is excellent. I greatly rejoice at those idle fancies, brothers, and I did not know that I was addicted to idle fancies. SCENE IV.--CHRYSALE, ARISTE. CHRY. Our sister is decidedly crazy. ARI. It grows upon her every day. But let us resume the subject that brings me here. Clitandre asks you to give him Henriette in marriage. Tell me what answer we can make to his love. CHRY. Do you ask it? I consent to it with all my heart; and I consider his alliance a great honour. ARI. You know that he is not wealthy, that.... CHRY. That is a thing of no consequence. He is rich in virtue, and that is better than wealth. Moreover, his father and I were but one mind in two bodies. ARI. Let us speak to your wife, and try to render her favourable to.... CHRY. It is enough. I accept him for my son-in-law. ARI. Yes; but to support your consent, it will not be amiss to have her agree to it also. Let us go.... CHRY. You are joking? There is no need of this. I answer for my wife, and take the business upon myself. ARI. But.... CHRY. Leave it to me, I say, and fear nothing. I will go, and prepare her this moment. ARI. Let it be so. I will go and see Henriette on the subject, and will return to know.... CHRY. It is a settled thing, and I will go without delay and talk to my wife about it. SCENE V.-CHRYSALE, MARTINE. MAR. Just like my luck! Alas! they be true sayings, they be--"Give a dog a bad name and hang him," and--"One doesn't get fat in other folk's service." [Footnote: Or, more literally, "Service is no inheritance;" but this does not sound familiar enough in English.] CHRY. What is it? What is the matter with you, Martine? MAR. What is the matter? CHRY. Yes. MAR. The matter is that I am sent away, Sir. CHRY. Sent away? MAR. Yes; mistress has turned me out. CHRY. I don't understand; why has she?