Sancho Panza in His Island: Comic Opera in One Act

So there I catch you in the act at last, old libertine, old drunkard, old ingrate, so that is the beautiful reward for all my friendship! Oh! do not imagine that I will suffer it; I would rather you were dead ten times over than see you even look at another.

Oh! the wicked woman.

Here, believe me, be quiet, Thérèse.

Truly, yes, as if I would be quiet! That is easily said, if I want to.

ARIETTE.

Do not come looking for trouble with me,
Will it not really be necessary
To pay my compliment here
To your little sly girl?
Look, how pretty she is!
How graceful she looks!
The fancy takes me
To strangle you both.
Oh! I am not a fearful woman,
And if you are the Governor,
By good fortune,
I am the Governess also:
I have the right,
I will make you walk the straight and narrow.

The safest thing is to flee from here.

Madam, do not strike me.

Do not imagine you will escape me, and you, you hussy, are you not blushing at your age to come like this and debauch other people's husbands?

It is you who do not know what you are saying. Is