Scene V Mr. de Pourceaugnac, Three Police Officers
Mr. Pour. I am much obliged to you, Sir, for saving me from those insolent fellows.
Off. Oh! oh! This is a face which is deucedly like that which was described to me.
Mr. Pour. It is not I, I assure you.
Off. Oh! oh! what does this mean?
Mr. Pour. I don’t know.
Off. What is it, then, that makes you say that?
Mr. Pour. Nothing.
Off. This manner of speaking is somewhat ambiguous, and you are my prisoner.
Mr. Pour. O, Sir, I pray!
Off. No, no; to judge by your appearance and your manner of speaking, you must be that Mr. de Pourceaugnac we are looking for, although you are disguised in this manner, and you must come to prison at once.
Mr. Pour. Alas!