The Miser (Act 3 Scene 15) lyrics
by Molière
SCENE XV.——HARPAGON, VALÈRE.
HAR.
Valère, look after all this; and take care, I beseech you, to save as much of it as you can, so that we may send it back to the tradesman again.
VAL.
I will.
HAR.
(alone). Miscreant! do you mean to ruin me?