ACT I SCENE I Madame Pernelle and her servant Flipote, Elmire, Mariane, Dorine, Damis, Cleante Mme. Pernelle. Let's go, Flipote, let's go. I hate this place. Elmire. I can't keep up, you rush at such a pace. Mme. Pernelle. Peace, my dear, peace; come no farther. I don't wish to cause you any bother. Elmire. What duty demands, I insist on giving. But, mother, what has caused your hasty leaving? Mme. Pernelle. I just can't stand the way your household runs . . . And no one cares what I wish to have done. Oh, yes, I leave your household quite dissatisfied For all my wise advice has been defied . . . And nobody respects me, and everybody shouts, And truly this is a home for the king of louts! D…
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