SCENE VIII (Cléonte, Covielle, Nicole) NICOLE: Ah! I'm glad to have found you. I'm an amba**adress of joy, and I come . . . CLÉONTE: Get out, traitor, and don't come to amuse me with your treacherous words. NICOLE: Is this how you receive me . . . CLÉONTE: Get out, I tell you, and go tell your faithless mistress that she will never again in her life deceive the too trusting Cléonte. NICOLE:
What caprice is this? My dear Covielle, explain a little what you are trying to say. COVIELLE: Your dear Covielle, little hussy? Go, quickly, out of my sight, villainess , and leave me in peace. NICOLE: What! You come to me too. . . COVIELLE: Out of my sight, I tell you, and never speak to me again. NICOLE: My word! What fly has bitten those two? Let's go tell this pretty story to my mistress.