GER. Because, if, like a courageous father, you had corrected your son when he was young, he would not have played you such a trick.
ARG. I see. So that you have corrected your own much better?
GER. Certainly; and I should be very sorry if he had done anything at all like what yours has done.
ARG. And if that son, so well brought up, had done worse even than mine, what would you say?
GER. What?
ARG. What?
GER. What do you mean?
ARG. I mean, Mr. Géronte, that we should never be so ready to blame the conduct of others, and that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
GER. I really do not understand you.
ARG. I will explain myself.