MR. JOUR. Where is the interpreter, to tell him who you are, and to make him understand what you say? You shall see that he will answer you, and he speaks Turkish wonderfully well. Holla, here! where the deuce is he gone? (_To_ CLEONTE) _Strouf strif, strof, straf_. This gentleman is a _grande segnore, grande segnore, grande segnore_; and this lady a _granda dama, granda dama. (Seeing that he is not understood)_ Ah! (_To_ CLEONTE, _showing him_ DORANTE) This gentleman is a French _mamamouchi_, and the lady she is a French _mamamouchess_. I cannot explain myself more clearly. Good! Here is the interpreter. SCENE V.--MR. JOURDAIN, DORIMENE, DORANTE, CLEONTE (_dressed as a Turk_); COVIELLE (_disguised_). MR. JOUR. Where are you going, then? You know that we can say nothing without you. (_Showing_ CLEONTE.) Just tell him that this gentleman and this lady are people of very high rank, who have come to pay their homage to him, as friends of mine, and to assure him of their services. (_To_ DORIMENE _and_ DORANTE) You will see how he will answer. COV. _Alabala crociam acci boram alabamen_. CLE. _Catalequi tubal ouria soter amalouchan_. MR. JOUR. (to DORIMENE and DORANTE). Do you see? COV. He says, "May the rain of prosperity water at all times the garden of your family." MR. JOUR. I told you that he spoke Turkish. DOR. This is admirable. SCENE VI.--LUCILE, CLEONTE, MR. JOURDAIN, DORIMENE, DORANTE, COVIELLE. MR. JOUR. Come, my daughter; come near, and give your hand to this gentleman, who does you the honour of asking you in marriage. LUC. Why, father, how strangely dressed you are! Are you acting a comedy? MR. JOUR. No, no; it is no comedy, but a very serious affair, and the most honourable for you that could ever be wished for. (_Showing_ CLEONTE.) Here is the husband I bestow upon you. LUC. Bestow upon me, father? MR. JOUR. Yes, upon you. There, give him your hand, and thank heaven for your good fortune. LUC. I have no wish to marry. MR. JOUR. It is all very well, but I wish it; I who am your father. LUC. I will do nothing of the kind. MR. JOUR. Ah! what a noise! Come, I say, give him your hand. LUC. No, father; I told you already that no power upon earth will force me to marry any other but Cleonte; and I would have recourse to any extremity rather than.... (_Recognising_ CLEONTE.) But it is true that you are my father, and that I owe you absolute obedience; dispose of me, then, according to your will. MR. JOUR. Truly, I am delighted to see you return so quickly to a sense of your duty; and it is a pleasure to me to have such an obedient daughter. SCENE VII.--MRS. JOURDAIN. CLEONTE, MR. JOURDAIN, LUCILE, DORANTE, DORIMENE, COVIELLE. MRS JOUR. What is it? What is the meaning of all this? They say you want to give your daughter in marriage to a mummer. MR. JOUR. Will you be silent? You always come and disturb everything with your follies; and there is no possibility of teaching you how to behave yourself.