LEL. (After having taken the mask from Mascarille's face). MASC. No, not at all; it is somebody else. LEL. Alas! How astonished I am! How adverse is our fate! Could I possibly have guessed this, as you did not secretly inform me that you were going to disguise yourself? Wretch that I am, thoughtlessly to play you such a trick, while you wore this mask. I am in an awful passion with myself, and have a good mind to give myself a sound beating. MASC. Farewell, most refined wit, unparalleled inventive genius. LEL. Alas! If your anger deprives me of your assistance, what saint shall I invoke? MASC. Beelzebub. LEL. Ah! If your heart is not made of stone or iron, do once more at least forgive my imprudence; if it is necessary to be pardoned that I should kneel before you, behold… MASC. Fiddlesticks! Come, my boys, let us away; I hear some other people coming closely behind us. |