TWO CHAIRMEN.
MUSICIANS.
MADELON, _daughter to Gorgibus_, \
) _The pretentious young ladies_.
CATHOS, _niece to Gorgibus_, /
MAROTTE, _maid to the pretentious young ladies_.
LUCILE. \
) _two female neighbours_.
CELIMENE. /
SCENE--GORGIBUS' HOUSE, PARIS.
THE PRETENTIOUS YOUNG LADIES. (LES PRECIEUSES RIDICULES.)
ACT I.
SCENE I.--LA GRANGE, DU CROISY.
DU. CR. Mr. La Grange.
LA. GR. What?
DU. CR. Look at me for a moment without laughing.
LA. GR. Well?
DU. CR. What do you say of our visit? Are you quite pleased with it?
LA. GR. Do you think either of us has any reason to be so?
DU. CR. Not at all, to say the truth.
LA. GR. As for me, I must acknowledge I was quite shocked at it. Pray
now, did ever anybody see a couple of country wenches giving themselves
more ridiculous airs, or two men treated with more contempt than we
were? They could hardly make up their mind to order chairs for us. I
never saw such whispering as there was between them; such yawning, such
rubbing of the eyes, and asking so often what o'clock it was. Did they
answer anything else but "yes," or "no," to what we said to them? In
short, do you not agree with me that if we had been the meanest persons
in the world, we could not have been treated worse?
DU.
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