SGAN. (_Thinking himself alone_). Instead of seeing that severity
prevail which so admirably formed virtue in other days, uncontrolled and
imperious youth here-about assumes... (_Val?re bows to Sganarelle from
a distance_).
VAL. He does not see that we bow to him.
ERG. Perhaps his blind eye is on this side. Let us cross to the right.
SGAN. I must go away from this place. Life in town only produces in
me...
VAL. (_Gradually approaching_). I must try to get an introduction.
SGAN. (_Hearing a noise_). Ha! I thought some one spoke...
(_Thinking himself alone_). In the country, thank Heaven, the
fashionable follies do not offend my eyes.
ERG. (_To Val?re_). Speak to him.
SGAN. What is it?... my ears tingle... There, all the recreations of our
girls are but... (_He perceives Val?re bowing to him_). Do you bow
to me?
ERG. (_To Val?re_). Go up to him.
SGAN. (_Not attending to Val?re_). Thither no coxcomb comes.
(_Val?re again bows to him_). What the deuce!... (_He turns and
sees Ergaste bowing on the other side_). Another? What a great many
bows!
VAL. Sir, my accosting you disturbs you, I fear?
SGAN. That may be.
VAL. But yet the honour of your acquaintance is so great a happiness, so
exquisite a pleasure, that I had a great desire to pay my respects to
you.
SGAN. Well.
VAL. And to come and assure you, without any deceit, that I am wholly at
your service.
SGAN. I believe it.
VAL. I have the advantage of being one of your neighbours, for which I
thank my lucky fate.
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