The slut began by saying that her young mistress loved me, and had only deceived me in accordance with her mother’s orders.
“I know that,” I said, “but where did she pass the night?”
“At a shop which she found open, and where she was known from having bought various articles there. She is in bed with a fever, and I am afraid it may have serious consequences as she is in her monthly period.”
“That’s impossible, for I caught her in the act with her hairdresser.”
“Oh, that proves nothing! the poor young man does not look into things very closely.”
“But she is in love with him.”
“I don’t think so, though she has spent several hours in his company.”
“And you say that she loves me!”
“Oh, that has nothing to do with it! It is only a whim of hers with the hairdresser.”
“Tell her that I am coming to pass the day beside her bed, and bring me her reply.”