monotony have proved the weaker in this strife. And, overrun by tedium,‘ tis now I give up the good wife. Capitulate and abdicate, I will a lover take. My husband makes a spy of me in this skirmish of ennui. Sganarelle has proved alert for trysts as hot as they’ re covert. Lucille!
SCENE II— MADAM CLUTTERBUCK, LUCILLE.
LUCILLE: Yes, my lady?
MADAM CLUTTERBUCK: There is a change in plan tonight, for business calls away the master Clutterbuck. And, as I’ ve been so importuned, by a stray mouse in my bedroom, I have to let you know this eve, that you and I shall switch our rooms.
LUCILLE [ ASIDE }: Methinks I scent conspiracy. [ TO MADAM }:‘ Madam is so good to me.
MADAM CLUTTERBUCK: [ ASIDE }:‘ Tis Sganarelle’ s swift stratagem