Chapter: SCENE III

  ELMIRE, MARIANE, DAMIS, CLEANTE, DORINE


  ELMIRE (to Cleante)
  You're very lucky to have missed the speech
  She gave us at the door. I see my husband
  Is home again. He hasn't seen me yet,
  So I'll go up and wait till he comes in.

  CLEANTE
  And I, to save time, will await him here;
  I'll merely say good-morning, and be gone.

 Elmire, Mariane, and Damis come back, looking worn out. They've been getting another lecture from Madame Pernelle. Elmire has seen Orgon coming, and she decides to head upstairs. Cleante agrees to have a chat with him, and promises to bring up the question of Mariane's upcoming marriage to Valere - he wants to make sure he can marry Valere's sister once all is said and done.

