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Page 7
Lisette (crying and holding him by the arm)
No, he's going to take me off. Of that I am sure.
Baron
No, no. I am going to keep Lucas.
Lisette (pretending to be outr� with rage against him)
It's I who wish to leave, because you don't love me!
(Exit Baron.)
Lisette (suddenly stops crying)
No--this is only a deceiver, who thinks me innocent. I must soon take
my relative, the Widow's, lover. He has no wealth. That's my last
resource. But, he's coming to the garden to speak to me. Let's
continue. I played the na�ve and tender. Now to play the dreamer.
(Enter Argon.)
Argon
Yes, Lisette is going to return. (he turns to look closely at her) How
pretty she is, dreaming. How many charms I see. She sighs. Good! I
feel that she is for me. What are you dreaming of?
(Lisette, after having let Argon look her over, pretends to be
astonished to see Argon so near her.)
Lisette
Oh! You've startled me so! I was dreaming--that I have so much
freedom--suddenly in the garden.
Argon
That's what charmed me. You've already told me, not that I am loved,
but that you will soon love me.
Lisette
I am confused by what you are thinking. I ask pardon. To love you
would be to lack respect for you.
Argon
Lack respect? Yes, I intend to. A too respectful love obtains nothing.
Lisette
But, I don't love. Speak more. Encourage me, then.
Argon
To give you courage, I make a contract. But, complete my wishes.
(The Widow enters and listens.)
Argon
Add a word to your looks, your sighs. This word is a great word. Tell
me--"I love you."
Lisette
I've told you a hundred times--and to myself, a thousand.
Argon
To yourself?
Lisette
Alas, yes.
Argon
What naivete!
Lisette
Why hide it from you if it is the truth?
Argon
Behold love. Behold pure sincerity. This calls me to love, like
nature. There, Lisette, here's the role I have taken. I intend to take
you, in secret, to Paris, for I will, at first, marry you secretly.
Let's hide all from the Widow. She would be jealous of it. I will
marry you without her knowing anything of it. In her place, in a word,
you will have all my wealth.
Lisette
I want nothing from you, but your person. Give her all your wealth.
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