The Miser by Molière
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there is there!
HAR. Where? FRO. Don't you see how far this line goes? HAR. Well, and what does it mean? FRO. What does it mean? There ... I said a hundred years; but no, it is one hundred and twenty I ought to have said. HAR. Is it possible? FRO. I tell you they will have to kill you, and you will bury your children and your children's children. HAR. So much the better! And what news of our affair? FRO. Is there any need to ask? Did ever anyone see me begin anything and not succeed in it? I have, especially for matchmaking, the most wonderful talent. There are no two persons in the world I could not couple together; and I believe that, if I took it into my head, I could make the Grand Turk marry the Republic of Venice. [Footnote: Old enemies. The Turks took Candia from the Venetians in 1669, after a war of twenty years.] But we had, to be sure, no such difficult thing to achieve in this matter. As I know the ladies very well, I told them every particular about you; and I acquainted the mother with your intentions towards Marianne since you saw her pass in the street and enjoy the fresh air out of her window. |
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