Ber. Yes, I know a body of physicians, friends of mine, who will come presently, and will perform the ceremony in your hall. It will cost you nothing.
Arg. But what can I say, what can I answer?
Ber. You will be instructed in a few words, and they will give you in writing all you have to say. Go and dress yourself directly, and I will send for them.
Arg. Very well; let it be done.
SCENE XXIII.—BÉRALDE, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE.
Cle. What is it yon intend to do, and what do you mean by this body of physicians?
Toi. What is it you are going to do?
Ber. To amuse ourselves a little to-night. The players have made a doctor’s admission the subject of an interlude, with dances and music. I want everyone to enjoy it, and my brother to act the principal part in it.
Ang. But, uncle, it seems to me that you are making fun of my father.
Ber. But, niece, it is not making too much fun of him to fall in with his fancies. We may each of us take part in it ourselves, and thus perform the comedy for each other’s amusement. Carnival time authorises it. Let us go quickly and get everything ready.