SCENE VIII (Cleonte, Covielle, Nicole)
NICOLE: Ah! I'm glad to have found you.I'm an ambassadress of joy, and I come...
CLEONTE: Get out, traitor, and don't come to amuse me with your treacherous words.
NICOLE: Is this how you receive me...
CLEONTE: Get out, I tell you, and go tell your faithless mistress that she will never again in her life deceive the too trusting Cleonte.
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, Itell 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.