The Ghent Review Vol 1 number 2 | Page 42

SGANARELLE [ ASIDE }: I ’ d like to see how I escape these contretemps .
MADAM CLUTTERBUCK : I ’ d like to see how you escape these contretemps .
CLUTTERBUCK [ RAISES CUDGEL ]: Your excuse must be a masterpiece to stay smacks that will never cease —
[ FROM OUTSIDE THE ROOM ]: S M A C K ! [ SGANARELLE WINCES .]
LUCILLE ’ S VOICE [ FROM OUTSIDE THE ROOM ]: You horrid man !
CLUTTERBUCK : How now ? What noise from my bedroom ? [ GRABS SGANARELLE BY THE CUFF :} Come here , you cheat , you ’ ll not desert this house ‘ til beat .
SCENE V — LUCILLE , MASCARILLE DISGUISED AS SGANARELLE , CLUTTERBUCK , MADAM CLUTTERBUCK , SGANARELLE [ INSIDE THE MADAM ’ S ROOM ].
LUCILLE [ CUDGELLING MASCARILLE DISGUISED AS SGANARELLE ]: I ’ ll have thee thrashed to outrage me !
MASCARILLE ( DISGUISED AS SGANARELLE ): [ ASIDE :} Good God , wrong wench ! [ TO LUCILLE :} But , pet — mercy ! —
SGANARELLE : Egad ! Again , my evil twin !
CLUTTERBUCK : Confound it all , which one is who ?
MADAM CLUTTERBUCK :