Did Tartuffe have a terrible ending?

I mean it kind of did though, right? We just spent this time experiencing the build up and tension from what promised to be a pretty impressive disaster, then out of nowhere the whole mess had been cleaned up with a few tidy pages. I guess I'm just saying I was a little shocked by the abruptness of the ending. So why did Moliere just "wrap it up" so quickly? I think that what he disguised as a flattery to royalty, was actually a biting criticism of the absurdity of absolute power. Moliere seems to have some glowing things to say about monarchy, "Our Prince of Reason sees things as they are, So hypocrites do not get very far. But saintly men and the truly devout, He cherishes and has no doubts about." (pg.196; ln.55). Looking at the tone of the piece up to this point, his adulation makes no sense. He's been ripping the unnecessary pageantry and empty rituals of religious hypocrites (in this case the Catholic church), it makes no sense to me that he would turn around and prop up a person who sits on a throne and engages in unnecessary pageantry and empty rituals. So this brings me to the "proof" of Moliere's backhanded compliment, it's actually right after where we left off earlier, page 196 line 57 "This man could not begin to fool the king Who can defend himself against the sting Of much more subtle predators." I think that Moliere is mocking the king, who supposedly can't be fooled, by laying on a layer of irony so thick that nobody would think that the nature of the ending was critical instead of supportive. I think that Moliere is the being the "much more subtle predator" by allowing a story that has wound itself around us, that has us at the edge of our seats, to just die; and the king is the one that kills it. I mean sure he's portrayed as the hero who saves Orgon and his family, but it's done in what feels like no time at all. When you consider how paced the story had been up to this point, it's almost like Moliere is saying "Oh and by the way if the king feels like it you can be freed or imprisoned, alive or dead; and that just happens whenever he decides to swoop in."