HIPP. I have some news for you, Leander, but will you be pleased or displeased with it?

LEAND. To judge of that, and make answer off-hand, I should know it.

HIPP. Give me your hand, then, as far as the church, and I will tell it you as we go.

[Footnote: Generally it was thought preferable, during MoliÈre's lifetime, to use the word temple for "church," instead of Église.]

LEAND. (To Mascarille). Go, make haste, and serve me in that business without delay.