ARAMINTE: So as not to dispute further, give them.
BELISE: Come then, we will execute--
ARAMINTE: I have on me what I got from the notary.
BELISE: He has given me some to end this business.
VALERE: Let's see if by chance I don't have your promissory notes.
Yes, truly, I believe they are here.
GERONTE: The business seems to me easy to finish.
VALERE: Let's see.
BELISE: This is my note.
ARAMINTE: Here's my signature.
BELISE: Forty thousand francs on my banker and ten.
ARAMINTE: Thirty thousand in bills of exchange plus fourteen and six.
VALERE: What happiness.
ISABELLE: I breathe.
VALERE: With great pleasure I tear up your forfeitures.
(Enter Frontin with a cape, a short wig and a cap like Pasquin)
FRONTIN: Our lovers are satisfied. We must amuse them.
ARAMINTE: Oh, it's you Chevalier. Why are you dressed like that?
BELISE: Oh. It's the Senechal. What is this mystery? Why aren't you
wearing your usual clothes?
FRONTIN: Here I am only a servant-chevalier.
ARAMINTE: He's playful.
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