ELMIRE Others might take things differently, I suppose, But discretion prevails, and I won't expose This matter to my spouse. In return, it's true, I do want one little favor from you: To push forward without any sly snare The wedding of Mariane and Valere, To renounce on your own the unjust power That would enrich you with another's dower, And . . . |
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