Translation:Puss in Boots/Act 3/Scene 2

ACT THREE

__________ Scene Two

Open country.

_____ Hinze with knapsack and bag I have become quite accustomed to hunting. Every day I catch partridges, rabbits and the like, and the dear little animals are getting more and more practice at being caught.

He spreads out his bag.

Hinze The season for catching nightingales is over now, I can't hear a single one.

Enter the.

He Go away, I'm fed up with you.

She And I find you repugnant.

He A fine lover you are!

She Miserable hypocrite! You deceived me!

He What happened to your undying affection?

She What about your fidelity?

He Your rapture?

She Your ecstasy?

Both The devil has taken them! That's what comes of marrying.

Hinze My hunting has suffered interruptions before, but never as bad as this. Do you mind; can't you see that this open country is clearly too confined for your sorrows; could you not find some mountain to scale?

He Rogue!

He gives Hinze a box on the ear.

She Churl!

She gives Hinze a box on the other ear.

Hinze snarls.

She I think it would be for the best if we got a divorce.

He I am at your service.

Exeunt lovers.

Hinze Nice people, these so-called humans. Look, two partridges; I'll carry them off right away. Now, Fortune, bestir yourself, for I too am almost out of patience. I no longer have any desire to eat the partridges. It's clear that through mere habit we can accustom our natures to every possible virtue.

He goes off.

Bötticher gagged Heav - heav - n - ly!

Schlosser Relax! You're just wasting your breath.