Scene V Chrysale, Martine
MAR. Just like my luck! Alas! they be true sayings, they be—“Give a dog a bad name and hang him,” and—“One doesn’t get fat in other folk’s service.”1
CHRY. What is it? What is the matter with you, Martine?
MAR. What is the matter?
CHRY. Yes.
MAR. The matter is that I am sent away, Sir.
CHRY. Sent away?
MAR. Yes; mistress has turned me out.
CHRY. I don’t understand; why has she?
MAR. I am threatened with a sound beating if I don’t go.
CHRY. No; you will stop here. I am quite satisfied with you. My wife is a little hasty at times, and I will not, no….
Notes
1 Or, more literally, “Service is no inheritance;” but this does not sound familiar enough in English.