GER. Come, my daughter; come to my house. My happiness would be perfect if your mother had been with you.
ARG. Here is Octave coming just at the right time.
SCENE XI.—ARGANTE, GÉRONTE, OCTAVE, HYACINTHA, ZERBINETTE, NÉRINE,
SILVESTRE.
ARG. Come, my son, come and rejoice with us about the happiness of your marriage. Heaven....
OCT. No, father, all your proposals for marriage are useless. I must be open with you, and you have been told how I am engaged.
ARG. Yes; but what you do not know....
OCT. I know all I care to know.