SCENE XIV.--Du CROISY, LA GRANGE, CATHOS, MADELON, LUCILE, CELIMENE,
JODELET; MASCARILLE, MAROTTE, AND MUSICIANS.


LA GR. (_With a stick in his hand_). Ah! ah! scoundrels, what are you
doing here? We have been looking for you these three hours. (_He beats
Mascarille_).

MASC. Oh! oh! oh! you did not tell me that blows should be dealt about.

JOD. (_Who is also beaten_). Oh! oh! oh!

LA GR. It becomes you well, you rascal, to pretend to be a man of rank.

DU CR. This will teach you to know yourself.




SCENE XV.--CATHOS, MADELON, LUCILE, CELIMENE, MASCARILLE, JODELET,
MAROTTE, AND MUSICIANS.


MAD. What is the meaning of this?

JOD. It is a wager.

CAT. What, allow yourselves to be beaten thus?