Chapter 21

HIPP. I have some news for you, Leander, but will you be pleased or displeased with it?

LEAND. To judge of that, and make answer off-hand, I should know it.

HIPP. Give me your hand, then, as far as the church, and I will tell it you as we go.

[Footnote: Generally it was thought preferable, during Molière's lifetime, to use the word _temple_ for "church," instead of _église_.]

LEAND. (_To Mascarille_). Go, make haste, and serve me in that business without delay.