Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme;The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman by Molière
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SCENE VIII.--MR. JOURDAIN, THE MASTER TAILOR, AN ASSISTANT TAILOR (_bringing a suit of clothes for_ MR. JOURDAIN), A SERVANT. MR. JOUR. Ha! here you are. I was just on the point of getting angry with you. TAIL. I could not come sooner, although I set twenty people to work at your coat. MR. JOUR. You have sent me such a small pair of silk stockings that I had no end of trouble to put them on, and two of the stitches are broken already. TAIL. They are pretty sure to become only too large. MR. JOUR. No doubt, if I keep on breaking the stitches. You also sent me a pair of shoes that hurt me horribly. TAIL. Not at all, Sir. MR. JOUR. How! not at all? TAIL. No; they do not hurt you at all. MR. JOUR. I tell you they do hurt me. TAIL. You fancy so. MR. JOUR. I fancy so because I feel it to be so. Did any one ever hear |
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