Cle. I thought I should amuse you.
Arg. Foolish things do not amuse, Sir. Ah! here is my wife.
SCENE VII.—BÉLINE, ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, MR. DIAFOIRUS, T. DIAFOIRUS, TOINETTE.
Arg. My love, here is the son of Mr. Diafoirus.
T. Dia. Madam, it is with justice that heaven has given you the title of stepmother, since we see in you steps....
Bel. Sir, I am delighted to have come here just in time to see you.
T. Dia. Since we see in you ... since we see in you.... Madam, you have interrupted me in the middle of my period, and have troubled my memory.
Mr. Dia. Keep it for another time.
Arg. I wish, my dear, that you had been here just now.
Toi. Ah! Madam, how much you have lost by not being at the second father, the statue of Memnon, and the flower styled heliotrope.