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I will just add, however, that Georges Dandin might have existed exactly as Moliere presented him, and probably does exist now and then, though rarely; and so I will end this scientific examination, which is beginning to look like a newspaper criticism.
Alice told me of it, and said that it was a comfort and little relief to the poor man for the present; and Mr. More, the attorney, to whom I mentioned it, said that they intended to throw him into the same thing that was the phrase when Lady Holland died. I beg you to reflect on these circumstances; they are dignes de Moliere et Le Sage.
And finally, "a quantity of practice truly prodigious" is given to the ancien repertoire, the classic models of French dramatic literature, Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Beaumarchais, etc.
But Macaire's receipt is easy. "Get a gown, take a shop," he says, "borrow some chairs, preach about Napoleon, or the discovery of America, or Moliere and there's a religion for you." We have quoted this sentence more for the contrast it offers with our own manners, than for its merits. After the noble paragraph, "Les badauds ne passeront pas.
"Ignorant silly women may be allowed to sneer at information and talents in their own sex, and, if they have read them, may talk of 'Les Precieuses Ridicules, and 'Les Femmes Savantes, and may borrow from Moliere all the wit they want, to support the cause of folly. But from women who are themselves distinguished for talents, such apostasy but I am speaking to my mother I forbear."
The French had felt the burden of this new nonsense; but they had to see the comedy several times before they were consoled in their suffering by seeing the cause of it exposed. The Misanthrope was yet more frigidly received. Moliere thought it dead. 'I cannot improve on it, and assuredly never shall, he said.
On seeing him in it, one can scarcely believe that he is the same man who renders with such warmth and feeling the part of Alceste in the Misanthrope, and in the Suite de Moliere; but MOLE, imbibing his talent from nature, is diversified like her.
But before departing, "Remember, gentlemen," said he, "we leave to-morrow evening." "In that case, I must give notice at home," said Moliere. "Yes; poor Moliere!" said Loret, smiling; "he loves his home." "'He loves, yes," replied Moliere, with his sad, sweet smile. "'He loves, that does not mean, they love him." "As for me," said La Fontaine, "they love me at Chateau Thierry, I am very sure."
"He is cousin-germain to Tartuffe, that immortal figure cast in bronze by our honest Moliere; for Moliere, my children, had honesty and patriotism for the basis of his genius." It was at that instant that Genevieve came in to say, "There's a Monsieur de la Peyrade out there, who wants to see monsieur." "To see me!" exclaimed Phellion.
If the palace was not so gay as during the reign of Madame de Montespan, it was more decorous and more intellectual. It became fashionable to go to church, and to praise good sermons and read books of casuistry. "Tartuffe grew pale before Escobar." Bossuet and Bourdaloue were equal oracles with Molière and Racine. Great preachers were all the fashion.
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