DORANTE: You're fooling yourself, Madame, to imagine so many difficulties, and the experience you had with one marriage doesn't determine anything for others.
DORIMÈNE: Finally I always come back to this. The expenses that I see you go to for me disturb me for two reasons: one is that they get me more involved than I would like; and the other is that I am sure -- meaning no offense -- that you cannot do this without financially inconveniencing yourself, and I certainly don't want that.
DORANTE: Ah! Madame, they are trifles, and it isn't by that . . .
DORIMÈNE: I know what I'm talking about; and among other gifts, the diamond you forced me to take is worth ...
DORANTE: Oh! Madame, mercy, don't put any value on a thing that my love finds unworthy of you, and allow ... Here's the master of the house.
SCENE XVI (Monsieur Jourdain, Dorimène, Dorante, Lackey)
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: (After having made two bows, finding himself too near Dorimène) A little farther, Madame.
DORIMÈNE: What?
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: One step, if you please.
DORIMÈNE: What is it?