Charles Heron Wall - The Imaginary Invalid (Act 1 Scene 2) lyrics

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.