SBRI. Sir, here is our man. Be careful.

NER. Ah! what a guy! [Footnote: Sbrigani and Nerine are merely the
conventional rogues of the stage. Compare Mascarille, Scapin.]




SCENE V.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI.

MR. POUR. (_turning to the side he came from, and speaking to the
people who are following him_). Well, what is it? What is the
matter? What do you want? Deuce take this stupid town, and the people
who live in it! Nobody can walk a step without meeting a lot of asses
staring and laughing like fools at one. You boobies, mind your
business; and let folk pass without grinning in their faces. Deuce
take me if I don't knock down the first man I see laughing.

SBRI. (_speaking to the same people_). What are you about? What
is the meaning of such conduct? What is it you want? Is it right to
make fun like that of strangers who come here?

MR. POUR. Here is a man of sense at last.

SBRI. What manners! And what is there to laugh at?

MR. POUR. Quite right.

SBRI. Is there anything ridiculous in this gentleman?