Part 63 (1/2)

GRACIEUX (_with profound obeisance_)

It's I, my lord I'm mad about her!

LAFFEMAS

You!

[_Laffemas, disappointed, turns aith annoyance; then he comes back and shakes his purse in Gracieux's eyes and ears_

Know you the sound of ducats?

GRACIEUX

Heavenly tones!

LAFFEMAS (_aside_)

I've got my Didier!

[_To Gracieux_] Do you see this purse?

GRACIEUX

How much!

LAFFEMAS

Gold ducats--twenty!

GRACIEUX

Humph!

LAFFEMAS (_jingling the gold in his face_)

Will you?

GRACIEUX (_grabbing the purse from him_)

Most certainly!

[_With theatrical tone to Laffemas, who listens anxiously_

My lord, if your back bore Just in the center a great hus Were filled with louis, sequins, and doubloons, In that case--

LAFFEMAS (_eagerly_)

Well, ould you do?

GRACIEUX (_putting the purse into his pocket_)

I'd take The whole of it, and I would say-- [_With profound obeisance_ I thank you; You are a gentleman!