CLI. Here she is, and she brings the notary with her.
CHRY. Back me up, all of you.
MAR. Leave that to me; I will take care to encourage you, if need be.
SCENE III.—PHILAMINTE, BÉLISE, ARMANDE, TRISSOTIN, A NOTARY, CHRYSALE, CLITANDRE, HENRIETTE, MARTINE.
PHI. (to the NOTARY). Can you not alter your barbarous style, and give us a contract couched in noble language?
NOT. Our style is very good, and I should be a blockhead, Madam, to try and change a single word.
BEL. Ah! what barbarism in the very midst of France! But yet, Sir, for learning's sake, allow us, instead of crowns, livres, and francs, to have the dowry expressed in minae and talents, and to express the date in Ides and Kalends.
NOT. I, Madam? If I were to do such a thing, all my colleagues would hiss me.
PHI. It is useless to complain of all this barbarism. Come, Sir, sit down and write. (Seeing MARTINE) Ah! this impudent hussy dares to show herself here again! Why was she brought back, I should like to know?
CHRY. We will tell you by-and-by; we have now something else to do.