COMIC OPERA.

For you shall see, for you shall know;
For you shall know, for you shall see
What I am capable of.

Eloy repeats the opening refrain of his song, "Tandis que, du matin," to emphasize his frustration. You are laughing then?

Oh, heavens, yes; how can I help myself?

Watch yourself, my wife Nicole, watch yourself; I am as gentle as a lamb; but when I get started, and someone ruffles my feathers, I am harder than a twenty pound hammer. Your Julien keeps coming back here; he will regret it, this will end badly; I am warning you, this will end badly.

On my life! Stop it yourself; is it not shameful for a peasant to be jealous over nothing, while there are so many gentlemen who are not jealous even when they have a reason? Go, marry off your niece; then the suitors will no longer come to your house.

That is always your usual talk: but I am not easily fooled. I know what is what. Bastienne will be married when I wish; but not so soon, I have reasons to wait.

Yes, your greed, which cannot bring itself to give back her dowry. A "dot" (dowry) was the money or property a woman brought into a marriage; as her guardian, Eloy is likely using the interest or capital for himself.

Shut up, wicked tongue.

I assure you that Julien will come here until Bastienne is married.

Let him come, I assure you that... just you wait... he will remember it.

We shall see.

Nicole
Eloy
Bastienne
Julien
Comic Opera original: "Opera Bouffon"; a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and light, often satirical, musical numbers.
jealous
dowry
you shall know
will remember