DORANTE: Besides that, we have here, Madame, another ballet performance that we shouldn't miss, and I want to see if my idea will succeed. DORIMENE: I saw magnificent preparations, and I can no longer permit this Dorante. Yes, I finally want to end your extravagances and to stop all these expenses that I see you go to for me, I have decided to marry you right away. This is the truth of it, that all these sorts of things end with marriage, as you know. DORANTE: Ah! Madame, is it possible that you should have taken such a sweet decision in my favor? DORIMENE: It is only to impede you from ruining yourself; without that, I see very well that before long you would not have a penny. DORANTE: How obliged I am to you, Madame, for the care you have to conserve my money! It is entirely yours, as well as my heart, and you may use them in whatever fashion you please. DORIMENE: I'll make use of them both. But here is your man: his costume is wonderful. ACT FIVE SCENE III (Monsieur Jourdain, Dorante, Dorimene) DORANTE: Sir, we come to pay homage, Madame and I, to your new dignity, and to rejoice with you at the marriage between your daughter and the son of the Grand Turk. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: (After bowing in the Turkish way) Sir, I wish you the strength of serpents and the wisdom of lions. DORIMENE: I was very glad, Sir, to be among the first to come to congratulate you upon rising to such a high degree of honor. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Madame, I wish your rosebush to flower all year long; I am infinitely obliged to you for taking part in the honors bestowed upon me; and I am very happy to see you returned here, so I can make very humble excuses for the ridiculous behavior of my wife. DORIMENE: That's nothing. I excuse her jumping to conclusions: your heart must be precious to her, and it isn't strange that the possession of such a man as you should inspire some jealousy. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: The possession of my heart is a thing that has been entirely gained by you. DORANTE: You see, Madame, that Monsieur Jourdain is not one of those men that good fortune blinds, and that he still knows, even in his glory, how to recognize his friends. DORIMENE: It is the mark of a completely generous soul. DORANTE: Where then is His Turkish Highness? We want, as your friends, to pay him our respects. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: There he comes, and I have sent for my daughter in order to give him her hand. ACT FIVE SCENE IV (Cleonte, Covielle, Monsieur Jourdain, etc.) DORANTE: Sir, we come to bow to Your Highness as friends of the gentleman who is your father-in-law, and to assure you with respect of our very humble services.