Chapter: SCENE VI

  ORGON, ELMIRE


  ORGON (crawling out from under the table)
  That is, I own, a man ... abominable!
  I can't get over it; the whole thing floors me.

  ELMIRE
  What? You come out so soon? You cannot mean it!
  Get back under the table; 'tis not time yet;
  Wait till the end, to see, and make quite certain,
  And don't believe a thing on mere conjecture.

  ORGON
  Nothing more wicked e'er came out of Hell.

  ELMIRE
  Dear me! Don't go and credit things too lightly.
  No, let yourself be thoroughly convinced;
  Don't yield too soon, for fear you'll be mistaken.

  (As Tartuffe enters, she makes her husband stand behind her.)

 Orgon comes out from under the table. He's fuming. He can't believe what a "monster" Tartuffe is . Elmire tells him to go back under the table and wait until he's completely sure of Tartuffe's treachery. She tells him to hide again, but he can only just manage to hide behind Elmire when...

