The Gardener and His Lord (1771) - Page 14

M. S I M O N.

It is because he is not coming for you lot.

T H E F I R S T P E A S A N T.

For whom then?

M. S I M O N.

For me.

H I S W I F E.

Yes, for him!

M. S I M O N.

Are you going to start again?

Madame S I M O N, aside.

I am eating myself with impatience.

T H E S E C O N D P E A S A N T.

Hey well, Master Simon, since My Lord is coming here for you, could you not speak to him for us?

M. S I M O N.

Yes, yes, I will speak to him, I will speak to him for you lot; leave me, leave me: goodbye, Thomas, goodbye, Jacques; you see that I have business; leave me, I will speak to him.

T H E F I R S T P E A S A N T.

Goodbye.

M. S I M O N.

Ah! listen then. If you see the Barber, tell him to bring my wig.

T H E S E C O N D P E A S A N T.

Yes, yes.

SCENE VI.

THE PREVIOUS CHARACTERS, FANCHETTE.

F A N C H E T T E.

AH! my father, there is a carriage, & then men, & then dogs, & then horses; there are more than a hundred beasts, without counting the people.