Toi. Don’t you see that it interferes with the other, and robs it of its nourishment? Believe me; have it plucked out as soon as possible; you will see all the clearer with the left eye.
Arg. There is no need to hurry.
Toi. Good-bye. I am sorry to leave you so soon, but I must assist at a grand consultation which is to take place about a man who died yesterday.
Arg. About a man who died yesterday?
Toi. Yes, that we may consider and see what ought to have been done to cure him. Good-bye.
Arg. You know that patients do not use ceremony.
SCENE XV.—ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
Ber. Upon my word, this doctor seems to be a very clever man.
Arg. Yes, but he goes a little too fast.
Ber. All great doctors do so.