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Excerpt of Alex Kingston as “Elmire” in the L.A. Theatre Works production of Tartuffe, recorded June 2010.
When men make overtures, must we reply With righteous anger and a battle-cry? Must we turn back their amorous advances With sharp reproaches and with fiery glances? Myself, I find such offers merely amusing, And make no scenes and fusses in refusing; My taste is for good-natured rectitude, And I dislike the savage sort of prude Who guards her virtue with her teeth and claws, And tears men’s eyes out for the slightest cause: The Lord preserve me from such honor as that, Which bites and scratches like an alley-cat! I’ve found that a polite and cool rebuff Discourages a lover quite enough.