HAR. Ah! tell him, Master Jacques, that he will obtain everything from me on those terms, and that, except Marianne, I leave him free to choose for his wife whomsoever he pleases. JAC. Leave that to me. (_To_ CLÉANTE) Really, your father is not so unreasonable as you make him out to me; and he tells me that it is your violence which irritated him. He only objects to your way of doing things, and is quite ready to grant you all you want, provided you will use gentle means and will give him the deference, respect, and submission that a son owes to his father. CLE. Ah! Master Jacques, you can assure him that if he grants me Marianne, he will always find me the most submissive of men, and that I shall never do anything contrary to his pleasure. JAC. (_to_ HARPAGON). It's all right; he consents to what you say. HAR. Nothing could be better. JAC. (_to_ CLÉANTE). It's all settled; he is satisfied with your promises. CLE. Heaven be praised! JAC. Gentlemen, you have nothing to do but to talk quietly over the matter together; you are agreed now, and yet you were on the point of quarrelling through want of understanding each other. CLE. My poor Jacques, I shall be obliged to you all my life. JAC. Don't mention it, Sir. HAR. You have given me great pleasure, Master Jacques, and deserve a reward. (HARPAGON _feels in his pocket_, JACQUES _holds out his hand, but_ HARPAGON _only pulls out his handkerchief, and says_,) Go; I will remember it, I promise you. JAC. I thank you kindly, Sir. SCENE V.--HARPAGON, CLÉANTE. CLE. I beg your pardon, father, for having been angry. HAR. It is nothing. CLE. I assure you that I feel very sorry about it. HAR. I am very happy to see you reasonable again. CLE. How very kind of you so soon to forget my fault. HAR. One easily forgets the faults of children when they return to their duty. CLE. What! you are not angry with me for my extravagant behaviour? HAR. By your submission and respectful conduct you compel me to forget my anger. CLE. I assure you, father, I shall for ever keep in heart the remembrance of all your kindness. HAR. And I promise you that, in future, you will obtain all you like from me. CLE. Oh, father! I ask nothing more; it is sufficient for me that you give me Marianne. HAR. What? CLE. I say, father, that I am only too thankful already for what you have done, and that when you give me Marianne, you give me everything. HAR. Who talks of giving you Marianne? CLE. You, father. HAR. I? CLE. Yes. HAR. What! is it not you who promised to give her up? CLE. I! give her up? HAR. Yes. CLE. Certainly not. HAR. Did you not give up all pretensions to her? CLE. On the contrary, I am more determined than ever to have her. HAR. What, scoundrel! again? CLE. Nothing can make me change my mind. HAR. Let me get at you again, wretch! CLE. You can do as you please. HAR. I forbid you ever to come within my sight. CLE. As you like. HAR. I abandon you. CLE. Abandon me. HAR. I disown you.