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第8章

AMPHITRYON, SOSIE

AMPH.Come here, you rascal, come here.Do you know, Master Villain, that your talk is sufficient to cause me to knock you down, and that my wrath waits only for a stick to thrash you as I intend?

SOS.If you take it in that way, Monsieur, I have nothing more to say; you will be always in the right.

AMPH.So? You scoundrel, you wish to impose upon me as truths tales which I know to be extravagantly far-fetched?

SOS.No; I am the servant, and you are the master; it shall not be otherwise than you wish it, Monsieur.

AMPH.Come, I will choke down the anger that inflames me, and hear all you have to say about your mission.I must unravel this confusion before I see my wife.Collect your senses, think well over what you say, and answer each question word for word.

SOS.But, lest I make a mistake, tell me, I beseech you, beforehand, in what way it would please you to have this affair healed.Shall Ispeak, Monsieur, according to my conscience, or as usual when near the great? Shall I tell the truth or use a certain complaisance?

AMPH.No; I only wish you to give me a perfectly unvarnished account.

SOS.Good.That is enough; leave it to me; you have, but to interrogate me.

AMPH.Upon the order which I lately gave you...

SOS.I set forth under skies veiled in black crape, swearing bitterly against you for this wretched martyrdom, and cursing twenty times the order of which you speak.

AMPH.What do you mean, you villain?

SOS.You have only to speak, Monsieur, and I shall lie, if you desire it.

AMPH.That is how a valet shows his zeal for us.Never mind.What happened to you on the way?

SOS.I had a mortal fright at the least thing I met.

AMPH.Poltroon!

SOS.Nature has her caprices in forming us; she gives us differing inclinations; some find a thousand delights in exposing themselves;I find them in taking care of myself.

AMPH.When you arrived at the house...?

SOS.When I reached the door, I wished to rehearse to myself for a short time, in what tone and in what manner I should give a glorious account of the battle.

AMPH.What followed?

SOS.Some one came to annoy and trouble me.

AMPH.Who was he?

SOS.Sosie; another I, jealous of your orders, whom you sent to Alcmene from the port, and who has as full knowledge of our secrets as I who am speaking to you.

AMPH.What nonsense!

SOS.No, Monsieur, it is the simple truth: this I was at your house sooner than I; and, I swear to you, I was there before I had arrived.

AMPH.Pray, where does all this cursed nonsense come from? Is it a dream? Is it drunkenness? Mind-wandering? Or a sorry joke?

SOS.No, it is the thing as it is, and by no means an idle tale.Iam a man of honour, I give you my word, and you must please believe it.I tell you, believing I was but one Sosie, I found myself two at your house; and of these two I's, piqued with jealousy, one is at the house, and the other is with you; the I who is here, tired out, found the other I fresh, jolly and active, having no other anxiety than to fight and break bones.

AMPH.I confess I must be of a very placid temper, very peaceable, very gentle, to permit a valet to entertain me with such nonsense!

SOS.If you become angry, no more conference between us: you know all will be over at once.

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