SCENE II.--L?ONOR, ISABELLA, LISETTE; ARISTE _and_ SGANARELLE,
_conversing in an under-tone, unperceived_.
LEO. (_To Isabella_). I take it all on myself, in case you are
scolded.
LIS. (_To Isabella_). Always in one room, seeing no one?
ISA. Such is his humour.
LEO. I pity you, sister.
LIS. (_To L?onor_). It is well for you, madam, that his brother is
of quite another disposition; fate was very kind in making you fall into
the hands of a rational person.
ISA. It is a wonder that he did not lock me up to-day, or take me with
him.
LIS. I declare I would send him to the devil, with his Spanish ruff,
and...
[Footnote: The Spanish ruff (_fraise_) was in fashion at the end of
Henri IV.'s reign; in the reign of Louis XIII., and in the beginning of
Louis XIV.'s, flat-lying collars, adorned with lace were worn, so that
those who still stuck to the Spanish ruff in 1661, were considered very
old-fashioned people.]
SGAN. (_Against whom Lisette stumbles_). Where are you going, if I
may ask?
LEO. We really do not know; I was urging my sister to talk a walk, and
enjoy this pleasant and fine weather; but...
SGAN. (_To L?onor_). As for you, you may go wherever you please.
(_To Lisette_). You can run off; there are two of you together.
(_To Isabella_). But as for you, I forbid you--excuse me--to go
out.
AR. Oh, brother! let them go and amuse themselves.
SGAN. I am your servant, brother.
AR. Youth will.
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