PERCINET. The verses are not good.
SYLVETTE. Oh! [Aside] I think he knows!
PERCINET. [Aside] I think she knows!
BOTH. [Each to the other] You know!? [After a pause, they laugh.] Ha, ha, ha!
PERCINET. Isn't it funny?
SYLVETTE. Very.
PERCINET. We were made to play a farce—our fathers were the best of friends all the time!
SYLVETTE. Good neighbors.
PERCINET. I'll warrant they are cousins, too!
SYLVETTE. [Bowing] I am about to marry my cousin!