The Farrier (1771) - Page 8

J E A N N E T T E.

Yes, father. (aside.) He is going to give me Colin in spite of my aunt.

C L A U D I N E.

I am enraged.

M A R C E L.

Do you know Mr. La Bride, the Coachman of the Castle.

J E A N N E T T E.

Yes, truly, I have seen him; he was this summer the lover of my aunt. (aside.) He is exactly Colin's uncle.

C L A U D I N E.

I am suffocating.

M A R C E L.

It is to him that I am marrying you.

J E A N N E T T E.

To whom, father?

M A R C E L.

Gad, to Mr. de la Bride. Am I speaking Hebrew? idiom for "Am I speaking a foreign language?"

J E A N N E T T E.

Ah, how I had misunderstood!

C L A U D I N E.

I can breathe.

M A R C E L.

Well, you say nothing, Jeannette?

J E A N N E T T E.

Air: I would like very much to marry.

I no longer wish to marry.

M A R C E L.

Are you thinking, my dear?
Just now, begging me
I saw you first.

J E A N N E T T E.

I no longer wish to marry,
Let us think of it no more, father.