Scene + 

VI + 

Orgon, Elmire. + 

Orgon + 

Crawling out from under the table. + 

That is, I own, a man⁠ ⁠… abominable! + 

I can’t get over it; the whole thing floors me. + 

Elmire + 

What? You come out so soon? You cannot mean it! + 

Get back under the table; ’tis not time yet; + 

Wait till the end, to see, and make quite certain, + 

And don’t believe a thing on mere conjecture. + 

Orgon + 

Nothing more wicked e’er came out of Hell. + 

Elmire + 

Dear me! Don’t go and credit things too lightly. + 

No, let yourself be thoroughly convinced; + 

Don’t yield too soon, for fear you’ll be mistaken. + 

As Tartuffe enters, she makes her husband stand behind her. + 