ARG. (_getting up hastily_). Softly.
BEL. Ah!
ARG. So, my wife, it is thus you love me?
TOI. Ah! the dead man is not dead.
ARG. (_to_ BELINE, _who goes away_) I am very glad to see
how you love me, and to have heard the noble panegyric you made upon
me. This is a good warning, which will make me wise for the future,
and prevent me from doing many things.
SCENE XIX.--BERALDE (_coming out of the place where he was
hiding_), ARGAN, TOINETTE.
BER. Well, brother, you see....
TOI. Now, really, I could never have believed such a thing. But I hear
your daughter coming, place yourself as you were just now, and let us
see how she will receive the news. It is not a bad thing to try; and
since you have begun, you will be able by this means to know the
sentiments of your family towards you.
SCENE XX.--ARGAN, ANGELIQUE, TOINETTE.
TOI. (_pretending not to see_ ANGELIQUE). O heavens! what a sad
accident! What an unhappy day!
ANG. What ails you, Toinette, and why do you cry?
TOI. Alas! I have such sad news for you.
ANG. What is it?
TOI. Your father is dead.
ANG. My father is dead, Toinette?
TOI. Yes, just look at him there; he died only a moment ago of a
fainting fit that came over him.
ANG. O heavens! what a misfortune! What a cruel grief! Alas I why must
I lose my father, the only being left me in the world? and why should
I lose him, too, at a time when he was angry with me? What will become
of me, unhappy girl that I am? What consolation can I find after so
great a loss?
SCENE XXI.
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