en faveur de, for the sake of

3. mon beau-père . . . ma femme, Arlequin speaks hère as a valet, although he affects the style of a nobleman (homme de qualité). This is very comic, as he is supposed to be Dorante, and the contrast between his language and his dress is very amusing. We may compare him with Mascarille and Jodelet of the "Précieuses Ridicules".