Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Molière, Vol. 6 of 6: Rendered Into English by Henri Van Laun

Oct. When my father hears how matters stand, I shall find myself overwhelmed with a sudden storm of vehement scolding.

Syl. Scolding counts for nothing, and would to Hea ven that I were quit at that rate but, for my part, I am more likely to pay dearer for your follies and I see already, gathering from afar, a cloud of cudgel-blows that will burst on my shoulders.

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