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….
TOI.
If you go on scolding me, I shall cry.
ARG.
To leave me, you …
TOI.
(again interrupting Argan.) Oh!
ARG.
You would …
TOI.
(still interrupting him). Oh!
ARG.
What! shall I have also to give up the pleasure of scolding her?
TOI.
Well, scold as much as you please; do as you like.
ARG.
You prevent me, you hussy, by interrupting me every moment.
TOI.
If you have the pleasure of scolding, I surely can have that of crying. Let every one have his fancy; 'tis but right. Oh! oh!
ARG.
I must give it up, I suppose. Take this away, take this away, you jade. Be careful to have some broth ready, for the other that I am to take soon.
TOI.
This Mr. Fleurant and Mr. Purgon amuse themselves finely with your body. They have a rare milch-cow in you, I must say; and I should like them to tell me what disease it is you have for them to physic you so.
ARG.
Hold your tongue, simpleton; it is not for you to control the decrees of the faculty. Ask my daughter Angélique to come to me. I have something to tell her.
TOI.
Here she is, coming of her own accord; she must have guessed your thoughts.