第3章

类别:其他 作者:Moliere字数:8169更新时间:18/12/18 11:12:46
DORINE No,no,adaughtermustobeyherfather,Thoughheshouldwanttomakeherwedamonkey。 Besides,yourfatefine。Whatcouldbebetter! You’lltakethestage—coachtohlittlevillage,Andfinditfullofunclesandofcousins,Whoseconversationwilldelightyou。ThenYou’llbepresentedintheirbestsociety。 You’llevengotocall,bywayofwelcome,OnMrs。Bailiff,Mrs。Tax—Collector,Who’llpatroneyouwithafolding—stool。 There,onceayear,atcarnival,you’llhavePerhaps——aball;withorchestra——twobag—pipes; Andsometimesatrainedape,andPunchandJudy; Thoughifyourhusband MARIANE Oh,you’llkillme。PleaseContrivetohelpmeoutwithyouradvice。 DORINE Ithankyoukindly。 MARIANE Oh!Dorine,Ibegyou DORINE Toserveyouright,thmarriagemustgothrough。 MARIANE Deargirl! DORINE No。 MARIANE IfIsayIloveValere DORINE No,no。Tartuffe’syourman,andyoushalltastehim。 MARIANE YouknowI’vealwaystrustedyou;nowhelpme DORINE No,youshallbe,myfaith!Tartuffified。 MARIANE Well,then,sinceyou’venopityformyfateLetmetakecounselonlyofdespair; Itwilladveandhelpandgivemecourage; There’sonesurecure,Iknow,forallmytroubles。 (Shestartstogo。) DORINE There,there!Comeback。Ican’tbeangrylong。 Imusttakepityonyou,afterall。 MARIANE Oh,don’tyousee,Dorine,ifImustbearThmartyrdom,Icertainlyshalldie。 DORINE Nowdon’tyoufret。We’llsurelyfindsomeway。 TohinderthButhere’sValere,yourlover。 SCENEIV VALERE,MARIANE,DORINE VALERE Madam,apieceofnews——quitenewtome—— Hasjustcomeout,andveryfineit。 MARIANE Whatpieceofnews? VALERE YourmarriagewithTartuffe。 MARIANE ’Ttruemyfatherhasthplaninmind。 VALERE Yourfather,madam MARIANE Yes,he’schangedhplans,Anddidbutnowproposeittome。 VALERE What! Seriously? MARIANE Yes,hewasserious,Andopenlyinstedonthematch。 VALERE Andwhat’syourresolutioninthematter,Madam? MARIANE Idon’tknow。 VALERE That’saprettyanswer。 Youdon’tknow? MARIANE No。 VALERE No? MARIANE Whatdoyouadve? VALERE I?Myadvice,marryhim,byallmeans。 MARIANE That’syouradvice? VALERE Yes。 MARIANE Doyoumeanit? VALERE Surely。 Asplendidchoice,andworthyofyouracceptance。 MARIANE Oh,verywell,sir!Ishalltakeyourcounsel。 VALERE You’llfindnotroubletakingit,Iwarrant。 MARIANE Nomorethanyoudidgivingit,besure。 VALERE Igaveit,truly,toobligeyou,madam。 MARIANE AndIshalltakeittoobligeyou,sir。 Dorine(withdrawingtothebackofthestage) Let’sseewhatthaffairwillcometo。 VALERE So,Thatyourlove?AnditwasalldeceitWhenyou MARIANE Ibegyou,saynomoreofthat。 Youtoldme,squarely,sir,IshouldacceptThehusbandthatofferedme;andI WilltellyousquarelythatImeantodoso,Sinceyouhavegivenmethgoodadvice。 VALERE Don’tshieldyourselfwithtalkofmyadvice。 Youhadyourmindmadeup,that’sevident; Andnowyou’resnatchingatatriflingpretextTojustifythebreakingofyourword。 MARIANE Exactlyso。 VALERE Ofcourseit;yourheartHasneverknowntrueloveforme。 MARIANE Alas! You’refreetothinkso,ifyouplease。 VALERE Yes,yes,I’mfreetothinkso;andmyoutragedloveMayyetforestallyouinyourperfidy,Andofferelsewherebothmyheartandhand。 MARIANE Nodoubtofit;theloveyourhighdesertsMaywin VALERE GoodLord,havedonewithmydeserts! IknowIhavebutfew,andyouhaveprovedit。 ButImayfindmorekindnessinanother; Iknowofsomeone,who’llnotbeashamedTotakeyourleavings,andmakeupmyloss。 MARIANE Thelossnotsogreat;you’lleasilyConsoleyourselfcompletelyforthchange。 VALERE I’lltrymybest,thatyoumaywellbelieve。 Whenwe’reforgottenbyawoman’sheart,Ourpridechallenged;we,too,mustforget; Orifwecannot,mustatleastpretendto。 Nootherwaycanmansuchbasenessprove,Asbealoverscorned,andstillinlove。 MARIANE Infaith,ahighandnoblesentiment。 VALERE Yes;andit’sonethatallmenmustapprove。 What!Wouldyouhavemekeepmylovealive,Andseeyouflyintoanother’sarmsBeforemyveryeyes;andneverofferTosomeoneelsetheheartthatyouhadscorned? MARIANE Oh,no,indeed!Formypart,IcouldwhThatitweredonealready。 VALERE What!Youwhit? MARIANE Yes。 VALERE Thinsultheapedoninjury; I’llgoatonceanddoasyoudesire。 (Hetakesasteportwoasiftogoaway。) MARIANE Oh,verywellthen。 VALERE(turningback) Butrememberth。 ’Twasyouthatdrovemetothdesperatepass。 MARIANE Ofcourse。 VALERE(turningbackagain) AndintheplanthatIhaveformedIonlyfollowyourexample。 MARIANE Yes。 VALERE(atthedoor) Enough;youshallbepunctuallyobeyed。 MARIANE Somuchthebetter。 VALERE(comingbackagain) Thonceforall。 MARIANE Sobeit,then。 VALERE(Hegoestowardthedoor,butjustashereachesit,turnsaround) Eh? MARIANE What? VALERE Youdidn’tcallme? MARIANE I?Youaredreaming。 VALERE Verywell,I’mgone。Madam,farewell。 (Hewalksslowlyaway。) MARIANE Farewell,sir。 DORINE ImustsayYou’velostyoursensesandbothgonecleandaft! I’veletyoufightitouttotheendo’thechapterToseehowfarthethingcouldgo。Oho,there,MterValere! (Shegoesandseizeshimbythearm,tostophim。Hemakesagreatshowofrestance。) VALERE Whatdoyouwant,Dorine? DORINE Comehere。 VALERE No,no,I’mquitebesidemyself。 Don’thindermefromdoingasshewhes。 DORINE Stop! VALERE No。Yousee,I’mfixed,resolved,determined。 DORINE So! MARIANE(aside) Sincemypresencepainshim,makeshimgo,I’dbettergomyself,andleavehimfree。 DORINE(leavingValere,andrunningafterMariane) Nowt’other!Whereareyougoing? MARIANE Letmebe。 DORINE。 Comeback。 MARIANE No,no,itn’tanyuse。 VALERE(aside) ’Tclearthesightofmetorturetoher; Nodoubt,t’werebetterIshouldfreeherfromit。 DORINE(leavingMarianeandrunningafterValere) Samethingagain!Deucetakeyouboth,Isay。 Nowstopyourfooling;comehere,you;andyou。 (Shepullsfirstone,thentheother,towardthemiddleofthestage。) VALERE(toDorine) What’syouridea? MARIANE(toDorine) Whatcanyoumeantodo? DORINE Setyoutorights,andpullyououto’thescrape。 (ToValere) Areyouquitemad,toquarrelwithhernow? VALERE Didn’tyouhearthethingsshesaidtome? DORINE(toMariane) Areyouquitemad,togetinsuchapassion? MARIANE Didn’tyouseethewayhetreatedme? DORINE Fools,bothofyou。 (ToValere) ShethinksofnothingelseButtokeepfaithwithyou,Ivouchforit。 (ToMariane) Andhelovesnonebutyou,andlongsfornothingButjusttomarryyou,Istakemylifeon’t。 MARIANE(toValere) Whydidyougivemesuchadvicethen,pray? VALERE(toMariane) Whyaskformyadviceonsuchamatter? DORINE Youbotharedaft,Itellyou。Here,yourhands。 (ToValere) Come,yours。 VALERE(givingDorinehhand) Whatfor? DORINE(toMariane) Now,yours。 MARIANE(givingDorineherhand) Butwhat’stheuse? DORINE Oh,quicknow,comealong。There,bothofyou—— Youloveeachotherbetterthanyouthink。 (ValereandMarianeholdeachother’shandssometimewithoutlookingateachother。) VALERE(atlastturningtowardMariane) Come,don’tbesoungraciousnowaboutit; Lookatamanasifyoudidn’thatehim。 (MarianelookssidewaystowardValere,withjustabitofasmile。) DORINE Myfaithandtroth,whatfoolstheseloversbe! VALERE(toMariane) Butcomenow,haveInotajustcomplaint? Andtruly,areyounotawickedcreatureTotakedelightinsayingwhatwouldpainme? MARIANE Andareyounotyourselfthemostungrateful? DORINE Leavethdcussiontillanothertime; Now,thinkhowyou’llstaveoffthplaguymarriage。 MARIANE Thentellushowtogoaboutit。 DORINE Well,We’lltryallsortsofways。 (ToMariane) Yourfather’sdaft; (ToValere) Thplannonsense。 (ToMariane) YouhadbetterhumourHnotionsbyasemblanceofconsent,Sothatincaseofdanger,youcanstillFindmeanstoblockthemarriagebydelay。 Ifyougaintime,theresteasy,trustme。 Onedayyou’llfoolthemwithasuddenillness,Causingdelay;anotherday,illomens: You’vemetafuneral,orbrokeamirror,Ordreamedofmuddywater。Bestofall,TheycannotmarryyoutoanyoneWithoutyoursayingyes。Butnow,methinks,Theymustn’tfindyouchatteringtogether。 (ToValere) You,goatonceandsetyourfriendsatworkTomakehimkeephwordtoyou;whileweWillbringthebrother’sinfluencetobear,Andgetthestep—motheronourside,too。 Good—bye。 VALERE(toMariane) Whatevereffortswemaymake,Mygreatesthope,besure,mustrestonyou。 MARIANE(toValere) Icannotanswerformyfather’swhims; ButnoonesaveValereshalleverhaveme。 VALERE Youthrillmethroughwithjoy!Whatevercomes DORINE Oho!Theselovers!Neverdonewithprattling! Nowgo。 VALERE(startingtogo,andcomingbackagain) Onelastword DORINE Whatagabbleandpother! Beoff!Bythdoor,you。Andyou,byt’other。 (Shepushesthemoff,bytheshoulders,inoppositedirections。) ACTIII SCENEI DAM,DORINE DAM Maylightningstrikemedeadthveryinstant,MayIbeeverywhereproclaimedascoundrel,Ifanyreverenceorpowershallstopme,AndifIdon’tdostraightwaysomethingdesperate! DORINE Ibegyou,moderatethtoweringpassion; Yourfatherdidbutmerelymentionit。 Notallthingsthataretalkedofturntofacts; Theroadlong,sometimes,fromplanstoacts。 DAM No,Imustendthpaltryfellow’splots,Andheshallhearfrommeatruthortwo。 DORINE Soho!Goslownow。Justyouleavethefellow—— Yourfathertoo——inyourstep—mother’shands。 ShehassomeinfluencewiththTartuffe,Hemakesapointofheedingallshesays,AndIsuspectthathefondofher。 WouldGod’tweretrue!——’TwouldbetheheightofhumourNow,shehassentforhim,inyourbehalf,Tosoundhimonthmarriage,tofindoutWhathideasare,andtoshowhimplainlyWhattroubleshemaycause,ifheperstsIngivingcountenancetothdesign。 Hmansays,he’satprayers,Imustn’tseehim,Butlikewesays,he’llpresentlybedown。 Sooffwithyou,andletmewaitforhim。 DAM Imaybepresentatthinterview。 DORINE No,no!Theymustbeleftalone。 DAM Iwon’tSomuchasspeaktohim。 DORINE Goon!WeknowyouAndyourhightantrums。Justthewaytospoilthings! Beoff。 DAM No,Imustsee——I’llkeepmytemper。 DORINE Outonyou,whataplague!He’scoming。Hide! (Damgoesandhidesintheclosetatthebackofthestage。) SCENEII TARTUFFE,DORINE TARTUFFE(speakingtohvalet,offthestage,assoonasheseesDorinethere) Lawrence,putupmyhair—clothshirtandscourge,AndpraythatHeavenmaysheditslightuponyou。 Ifanycometoseeme,sayI’mgoneTosharemyalmsamongtheproners。 DORINE(aside) Whataffectationandwhatshowingoff! TARTUFFE Whatdoyouwantwithme? DORINE Totellyou TARTUFFE(takingahandkerchieffromhpocket) Ah! Beforeyouspeak,praytakethhandkerchief。 DORINE What? TARTUFFE Coverupthatbosom,whichIcan’tEnduretolookon。ThingslikethatoffendOursouls,andfillourmindswithsinfulthoughts。 DORINE Areyousotendertotemptation,then,Andhasthefleshsuchpoweruponyoursenses? Idon’tknowhowyougetinsuchaheat; Formypart,Iamnotsopronetolust,AndIcouldseeyoustrippedfromheadtofoot,Andallyourhidenottemptmeintheleast。 TARTUFFE Showinyourspeechsomelittlemodesty,OrImustinstantlytakeleaveofyou。 DORINE No,no,I’llleaveyoutoyourself;I’veonlyOnethingtosay:Madamwillsoonbedown,Andbegsthefavourofawordwithyou。 TARTUFFE Ah!Willingly。 DORINE(aside) Howgentleallatonce! Myfaith,IstillbelieveI’vehituponit。 TARTUFFE Willshecomesoon? DORINE IthinkIhearhernow。 Yes,heresheherself;I’llleaveyouwithher。 SCENEIII ELMIRE,TARTUFFE TARTUFFE MayHeaven’soverflowingkindnesseverGiveyougoodhealthofbodyandofsoul,AndblessyourdaysaccordingtothewhesAndprayersofitsmosthumblevotary! ELMIRE I’mverygratefulforyourpiouswhes。 Butlet’ssitdown,sowemaytalkatease。 TARTUFFE(aftersittingdown) Andhowareyourecoveredfromyourillness? ELMIRE(sittingdownalso) Quitewell;thefeversoonletgoitshold。 TARTUFFE Myprayers,Ifear,havenotsufficientmeritTohavedrawndownthfavourfromonhigh; ButeachentreatythatImadetoHeavenHadforitsobjectyourrecovery。 ELMIRE You’retoosolicitousonmybehalf。 TARTUFFE Wecouldnotcherhyourdearhealthtoomuch; Iwouldhavegivenmine,tohelprestoreit。 ELMIRE That’spushingChrtiancharitytoofar; Ioweyoumanythanksforsomuchkindness。 TARTUFFE Idofarlessforyouthanyoudeserve。 ELMIRE ThereamatterthatIwhedtospeakofInprivate;Iamgladthere’snoonehereTolten。 TARTUFFE Madam,Iamoverjoyed。 ’Tsweettofindmyselfalonewithyou。 ThanopportunityI’veaskedOfHeaven,manyatime;tillnow,invain。 ELMIRE AllthatIwh,justawordfromyou,Quitefrankandopen,hidingnothingfromme。 (DAM,withouttheirseeinghim,openstheclosetdoorhalfway。) TARTUFFE Itoocouldwh,asHeaven’sespecialfavour,Tolaymysoulquiteopentoyoureyes,Andsweartoyou,thetroublethatImadeAboutthosevitswhichyourcharmsattract,Doesnotresultfromanyhatredtowardyou,Butratherfromapassionatedevotion,Andpurestmotives ELMIRE ThathowItakeit,Ithink’tmysalvationthatconcernsyou。 TARTUFFE(pressingherfingertips) Madam,’tso;andsuchmydevotion ELMIRE Ouch!butyousqueezetoohard。 TARTUFFE Excessofzeal。 InnowaycouldIevermeantohurtyou,AndI’dassoon (Heputshhandonherknee。) ELMIRE What’syourhanddoingthere? TARTUFFE Feelingyourgown;thestuffverysoft。 ELMIRE Letbe,Ibegyou;Iamveryticklh。 (Shemovesherchairaway,andTartuffebringshnearer。) TARTUFFE(handlingthelaceyokeofElmire’sdress) DearmehowwonderfulinworkmanshipThlace!Theydomarvels,nowadays; Thingsofallkindswereneverbettermade。 ELMIRE Yes,verytrue。Butletuscometobusiness。 Theysaymyhusbandmeanstobreakhword。 AndmarryMarianetoyou。’tso? TARTUFFE Hedidhintsomesuchthing;buttruly,madam,That’snotthehappinessI’myearningafter; IseeelsewherethesweetcompellingcharmsOfsuchajoyasfillsmyeverywh。 ELMIRE Youmeanyoucannotloveterrestrialthings。 TARTUFFE Theheartwithinmybosomnotstone。 ELMIRE IwellbelieveyoursighsalltendtoHeaven,Andnothingherebelowcanstayyourthoughts。 TARTUFFE LoveforthebeautyofeternalthingsCannotdestroyourloveforearthlybeauty; OurmortalsenseswellmaybeentrancedByperfectworksthatHeavenhasfashionedhere。 Itscharmsreflectedshineinsuchasyou,Andinyourself,itsrarestmiracles; Ithasdplayedsuchmarvelsinyourface,Thateyesaredazed,andheartsareraptaway; Icouldnotlookonyou,theperfectcreature,WithoutadmiringNature’sgreatCreator,AndfeelingallmyheartinflamedwithloveForyou,HfairestimageofHimself。 AtfirstItrembledlestthsecretloveMightbetheEvilSpirit’sartfulsnare; Ievenschooledmyhearttofleeyourbeauty,Thinkingitwasabartomysalvation。 Butsoon,enlightened,Oalllovelyone,Isawhowthmypassionmaybeblameless,HowImaymakeitfitwithmodesty,Andthuscompletelyyieldmyhearttoit。 ’TImustown,agreatpresumptioninmeTodaremakeyoutheofferofmyheart; Mylovehopesallthingsfromyourperfectgoodness,Andnothingfrommyownpoorweakendeavour。 Youaremyhope,mystay,mypeaceofheart; Onyoudependsmytormentormybls; Andbyyourdoomofjudgment,IshallbeBlest,ifyouwill;ordamned,byyourdecree。 ELMIRE Yourdeclaration’sturnedmostgallantly; Buttruly,itjustabitsurpring。 Youshouldhavebetterarmedyourheart,methinks,Andtakenthoughtsomewhatonsuchamatter。 Apiousmanlikeyou,knowneverywhere TARTUFFE Thoughpious,Iamnonethelessaman; Andwhenamanbeholdsyourheavenlycharms,Theheartsurrenders,andcanthinknomore。 Iknowsuchwordsseemstrange,comingfromme; But,madam,I’mnoangel,afterall; IfyoucondemnmyfranklymadeavowalYouonlyhaveyourcharmingselftoblame。 SoonasIsawyourmorethanhumanbeauty,Youwerethenceforththesovereignofmysoul; Sweetnessineffablewasinyoureyes,Thattookbystormmystillrestingheart,Andconqueredeverything,fasts,prayers,andtears,Andturnedmyworshipwhollytoyourself。 Mylooks,mysighs,havespokeathousandtimes; Now,toexpressitall,myvoicemustspeak。 IfbutyouwilllookdownwithgraciousfavourUponthesorrowsofyourworthlessslave,IfinyourgoodnessyouwillgivemecomfortAndcondescenduntomynothingness,I’lleverpayyou,Osweetmiracle,Anunexampledworshipanddevotion。 Thentoo,withmeyourhonourrunsnork; Withmeyouneednotfearapublicscandal。 Thesecourtgallants,thatwomenaresofondof,Areboastfuloftheiracts,andvaininspeech; Theyalwaysbraginpublicoftheirprogress; Soonasafavour’sgranted,they’lldivulgeit; Theirtattlingtongues,ifyoubuttrusttothem,Willfoulthealtarwheretheirheartshaveworshipped。 Butmenlikemearesodcreetinlove,Thatyoumaytrusttheirlastingsecrecy。 ThecarewetaketoguardourowngoodnameMayfullyguaranteetheonewelove; Soyoumayfind,withheartslikeourssincere,Lovewithoutscandal,pleasurewithoutfear。 ELMIRE I’veheardyouthrough——yourspeechclear,atleast。 Butdon’tyoufearthatImaytakeafancyTotellmyhusbandofyourgallantpassion,AndthatapromptreportofthaffairMaysomewhatchangethefriendshipwhichhebearsyou? TARTUFFE Iknowthatyou’retoogoodandgenerous,Thatyouwillpardonmytemerity,Excuse,uponthescoreofhumanfrailty,Theviolenceofpassionthatoffendsyou,Andnotforget,whenyouconsultyourmirror,ThatI’mnotblind,andmanmadeofflesh。 ELMIRE Somewomenmightdootherwe,perhaps,ButIamwillingtoemploydcretion,Andnotrepeatthemattertomyhusband; Butinreturn,I’llaskonethingofyou: Thatyouurgeforward,franklyandsincerely,ThemarriageofValeretoMariane; ThatyougiveuptheunjustinfluenceBywhichyouhopetowinanother’srights; And SCENEIV ELMIRE,DAM,TARTUFFE DAM(comingoutofthecloset—roomwherehehadbeenhiding) No,Isay!Ththingmustbemadepublic。 Iwasjustthere,andoverhearditall; AndHeaven’sgoodnessmusthavebroughtmethereOnpurposetoconfoundthscoundrel’sprideAndgrantmemeanstotakeasignalvengeanceOnhhypocryandarrogance,Andundeceivemyfather,showingupTherascalcaughtatmakinglovetoyou。 ELMIRE No,no;itenoughifhereforms,Endeavouringtodeservethefavourshownhim。 AndsinceI’vepromed,donotyoubelieme。 ’Tnotmywaytomakeapublicscandal; Anhonestwifewillscorntoheedsuchfollies,Andneverfretherhusband’searswiththem。 DAM You’vereasonsofyourownforactingthus; AndIhaveminefordoingotherwe。