Tête-d'or: Examine me well and inspect me from every standpoint.
Weigh me, measure me. Study each foot as you would with a horse, and put my teeth to the test.
And considering everything, calculate
If
The buyable bulk of myself comprises the profit
Winnowed out by your wisdom's sieve.
Someone: What does all this mean?
Another: His voice is strange. It strikes the heart so that it vibrates like a plucked string and gives out notes.
Tête-d'or: Hear me, men that are here!
Listen to me, O you that hear through the ear and the hole that pierces the skull!