ORGON, MARIANE

ORGON Now, Mariane.MARIANE Yes, father?

ORGON Come; I'll tell you A secret.MARIANE Yes...What are you looking for?

ORGON (looking into a small closet-room) To see there's no one there to spy upon us; That little closet's mighty fit to hide in.There! We're all right now.Mariane, in you I've always found a daughter dutiful And gentle.So I've always love you dearly.

MARIANE I'm grateful for your fatherly affection.

ORGON Well spoken, daughter.Now, prove you deserve it By doing as I wish in all respects.

MARIANE To do so is the height of my ambition.ORGON Excellent well.What say you of--Tartuffe? MARIANE Who? I?

ORGON Yes, you.Look to it how you answer.MARIANE Why! I'll say of him--anything you please.