valetaille, servants, an expression of contempt

3. son congé sera le troisième, he will be dismissed after the third word.

4. ne te livre point, do not engage yourself. Dorante, unlike M. Orgon, is displeased to see Arlequin so bold with the supposée Lisette, although he does not love her.

Page 28. — 1. je brûle, et je crie au feu, / am burning and cryfiref Arlequin's language is full of lively images. We see how well he obeys his master who had told him to be reserved.