SCENE IV.—LÉANDRE (alone).
LEA. To betray me after that fashion! A rascal who for so many reasons should be the first to keep secret what I trust him with! To go and tell everything to my father! Ah! I swear by all that is dear to me not to let such villainy go unpunished.
SCENE V.—OCTAVE, LÉANDRE, SCAPIN.
OCT. My dear Scapin, what do I not owe to you? What a wonderful man you are, and how kind of Heaven to send you to my help!
LEA. Ah, ah! here you are, you rascal!
SCA. Sir, your servant; you do me too much honour.
LEA. (drawing his sword). You are setting me at defiance, I believe...Ah! I will teach you how....
SCA. (falling on his knees). Sir!