VIII.
*A husband gives to his wife a hundred crowns a month for dress; and, taking everything into account, she spends at least five hundred francs without being a sou in debt; the husband is robbed every night with a high hand by escalade, but without burglarious breaking in.
IX.
*A married couple slept in the same bed; madame was always sick. Now they sleep apart, she has no more headache, and her health becomes more brilliant than ever; an alarming symptom!
X.
A woman who was a sloven suddenly develops extreme nicety in her attire. There is a Minotaur at hand!
XI.
“Ah! my dear, I know no greater torment than not to be understood.”
“Yes, my dear, but when one is—”
“Oh, that scarcely ever happens.”