TOI. Sir.... (_She moves her lips as if she were speaking._) ARG. What? TOI. I tell you that.... (_As before._) ARG. What is it you say? TOI. (_aloud_). I say that there is a gentleman here who wants to speak to you. ARG. Let him come in. SCENE III.—ARGAN, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE. CLE. Sir. TOI. (_to_ CLÉANTE). Do not speak so loud, for fear of splitting open the head of Mr. Argan. CLE. Sir, I am delighted to find you up, and to see you better. TOI. (_affecting to be angry_). How! better? It is false; master is always ill. CLE. I had heard that your master was better, and I think that he looks well in the face. TOI. What do you mean by his looking well in the face? He looks very bad, and it is only impertinent folks who say that he is better; he never was so ill in his life. ARG. She is right. TOI. He walks, sleeps, eats, and drinks, like other folks, but that does not hinder him from being very ill. ARG. Quite true. CLE. I am heartily sorry for it, Sir. I am sent by your daughter’s music-master; he was obliged to go into the country for a few days, and as I am his intimate friend, he has asked me to come here in his place, to go on with the lessons, for fear that, if they were discontinued, she should forget what she has already learnt. ARG. Very well. (To TOINETTE) Call Angélique. TOI. I think, Sir, It would be better to take the gentleman to her room. ARG. No, make her come here. TOI. He cannot give her a good lesson if they are not left alone. ARG. Oh! yes, he can. TOI. Sir, it will stun you; and you should have nothing to disturb you in the state of health you are in. ARG. No, no; I like music, and I should be glad to.... Ah! here she is. (_To_ TOINETTE) Go and see if my wife is dressed. SCENE IV.—ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE. ARG. Come, my daughter, your music-master is gone into the country, and here is a person whom he sends instead, to give you your lesson. ANG. (_recognising_ CLÉANTE). O heavens! ARG. What is the matter? Why this surprise? ANG. It is.... ARG. What can disturb you in that manner? ANG. It is such a strange coincidence. ARG. How so? ANG. I dreamt last night that I was in the greatest trouble imaginable, and that some one exactly like this gentleman came to me. I asked him to help me, and presently he saved me from the great trouble I was in. My surprise was very great to meet unexpectedly, on my coming here, him of whom I had been dreaming all night. CLE. It is no small happiness to occupy your thoughts whether sleeping or waking, and my delight would be great indeed if you were in any trouble out of which you would think me worthy of delivering you. There is nothing that I would not do for.... SCENE V.—ARGAN, ANGÉLIQUE, CLÉANTE, TOINETTE.