MR. DIA. We are bound in all our visits to bring relief to invalids,
and not to injure them.
(MR. ARGAN _and_ MR. DIAFOIRUS _speak at the same time_.)
ARG. I receive, Sir....
MR. DIA. We come here, Sir....
ARG. With great joy....
MR. DIA. My son Thomas and myself....
ARG. The honour you do me....
MR. DIA. To declare to you, Sir....
ARG. And I wish....
MR. DIA. The delight we are in....
ARG. I could have gone to your house....
MR. DIA. At the favour you do us....
ARG. To assure you of it....
MR. DIA. In so kindly admitting us....
ARG. But you know, Sir....
MR. DIA. To the honour, Sir....
ARG. What it is to be a poor invalid....
MR. DIA. Of your alliance....
ARG. Who can only....
MR. DIA. And assure you....
ARG. Tell you here....
MR. DIA. That in all that depends on our knowledge....
ARG. That he will seize every opportunity....
MR. DIA. As well as in any other way....
ARG. To show you, Sir....
MR. DIA: That we shall ever be ready, Sir....
ARG. That he is entirely at your service....
MR. DIA. To show you our zeal. (_To his son_) Now, Thomas, come
forward, and pay your respects.
T. DIA. (_to_ MR. DIAFOIRUS). Ought I not to begin with the
father?
MR. DIA. Yes.
T. DIA. (_to_ ARGAN). Sir, I come to salute, acknowledge,
cherish, and revere in you a second father; but a second father to
whom I owe more, I make bold to say, than to the first.
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