The Impostures of Scapin (Act 2 Scene 10)
ARGANTE, SCAPIN.
SCA
Well, Sir, you see how many people are killed for two hundred pistoles. Now I wish you a good morning.
ARG
(all trembling). Scapin.
SCA
What do you say?
ARG
I will give the two hundred pistoles.
SCA
I am very glad of it, for your sake.
ARG
Let us go to him; I have them with me.
SCA
Better give them to me. You must not, for your honour, appear in this business, now that you have passed for another; and, besides, I should be afraid that he would ask you for more, if he knew who you are.
ARG
True; still I should be glad to see to whom I give my money.
SCA
Do you mistrust me then?
ARG
Oh no; but....
SCA
Zounds! Sir; either I am a thief or an honest man; one or the other. Do you think I would deceive you, and that in all this I have any other interest at heart than yours and that of my master, whom you want to take into your family? If I have not all your confidence, I will have no more to do with all this, and you can look out for somebody else to get you out of the mess.
ARG
Here then.
SCA
No, Sir; do not trust your money to me. I would rather you trusted another with your message.
ARG
Ah me! here, take it.
SCA
No, no, I tell you; do not trust me. Who knows if I do not want to steal your money from you?
ARG
Take it, I tell you, and don't force me to ask you again. However, mind you have an acknowledgment from him.
SCA
Trust me; he hasn't to do with an idiot.
ARG
I will go home and wait for you.
SCA
I shall be sure to go. (Alone.) That one's all right; now for the other. Ah! here he is. They are sent one after the other to fall into my net.
SCA
Well, Sir, you see how many people are killed for two hundred pistoles. Now I wish you a good morning.
ARG
(all trembling). Scapin.
SCA
What do you say?
ARG
I will give the two hundred pistoles.
SCA
I am very glad of it, for your sake.
ARG
Let us go to him; I have them with me.
SCA
Better give them to me. You must not, for your honour, appear in this business, now that you have passed for another; and, besides, I should be afraid that he would ask you for more, if he knew who you are.
ARG
True; still I should be glad to see to whom I give my money.
SCA
Do you mistrust me then?
ARG
Oh no; but....
SCA
Zounds! Sir; either I am a thief or an honest man; one or the other. Do you think I would deceive you, and that in all this I have any other interest at heart than yours and that of my master, whom you want to take into your family? If I have not all your confidence, I will have no more to do with all this, and you can look out for somebody else to get you out of the mess.
ARG
Here then.
SCA
No, Sir; do not trust your money to me. I would rather you trusted another with your message.
ARG
Ah me! here, take it.
SCA
No, no, I tell you; do not trust me. Who knows if I do not want to steal your money from you?
ARG
Take it, I tell you, and don't force me to ask you again. However, mind you have an acknowledgment from him.
SCA
Trust me; he hasn't to do with an idiot.
ARG
I will go home and wait for you.
SCA
I shall be sure to go. (Alone.) That one's all right; now for the other. Ah! here he is. They are sent one after the other to fall into my net.