I am not astonished,
therefore, that I am not so well this month as last. I shall speak to
Mr. Purgon about it, so that he may set the matter right. Come, let
all this be taken away. (_He sees that no one comes, and that he is
alone._) Nobody. It's no use, I am always left alone; there's no
way of keeping them here. (_He rings a hand-bell._) They don't
hear, and my bell doesn't make enough noise. (_He rings again._)
No one. (_He rings again._) Toinette! (_He rings again._) It's just
as if I didn't ring at all. You hussy! you jade! (_He rings again._)
Confound it all! (_He rings and shouts._) Deuce take you, you
wretch!
SCENE II.--ARGAN, TOINETTE.
TOI. Coming, coming.
ARG. Ah! you jade, you wretch!
TOI. (_pretending to have knocked her head_). Bother your
impatience! You hurry me so much that I have knocked my head against
the window-shutter.
ARG. (_angry_). You vixen!
TOI. (_interrupting_ ARGAN). Oh!
ARG. There is....
TOI. Oh!
ARG. For the last hour I....
TOI. Oh!
ARG. You have left me....
TOI. Oh!
ARG. Be silent! you baggage, and let me scold you.
TOI. Well! that's too bad after what I have done to myself.
ARG. You make me bawl till my throat is sore, you jade!
TOI. And you, you made me break my head open; one is just as bad as
the other; so, with your leave, we are quits.
ARG. What! you hussy.
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