Scene IV Mr. Jourdain, Dorimene, Dorante, Cleonte (Dressed as a Turk)
DORI. (to CLEONTE). Sir, we come, as friends of your father-in-law, to salute your highness, and to assure you with all respect of our most humble services.
MR. JOUR. Where is the interpreter, to tell him who you are, and to make him understand what you say? You shall see that he will answer you, and he speaks Turkish wonderfully well. Holla, here! where the deuce is he gone? (To CLEONTE) Strouf strif, strof, straf. This gentleman is a grande segnore, grande segnore, grande segnore; and this lady a granda dama, granda dama. (Seeing that he is not understood) Ah! (To CLEONTE, showing him DORANTE) This gentleman is a French mamamouchi, and the lady she is a French mamamouchess. I cannot explain myself more clearly. Good! Here is the interpreter.