Amphitryon by Molière
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wrong in going to bed with you?
AMPH. No, to my great misery, it was not I; whoever says I was here yesterday, tells, of all falsehoods, the most horrible. ALC. Amphitryon! AMPH. Perfidious woman! ALC. Ah! What madness is this! AMPH. No, no; no more sweetness, no more respect; this rebuff puts an end to all my constancy; at this ghastly moment, my heart breathes only fury and, vengeance. ALC. On whom then would you be avenged? What want of faith in me makes you treat me now as a criminal? AMPH. I do not know, but it was not I; this despair makes me capable of anything. ALC. Away unworthy husband, the deed speaks for itself, the imposture is frightful. It is too great an insult to accuse me of infidelity. If these confused transports mean that you seek a pretext to break the nuptial bonds which hold me enchained to you, all these pretences are superfluous, for I am determined that this day all our ties shall be broken. AMPH. After the unworthy affront, which I now learn has been done me, that is indeed what you must prepare yourself for; it is the |
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