“Is he there?”
“Yes.”
“Let him wait; he shall come in with the sacraments.” This minotauric anecdote has been published by Chamfort, but we quote it here as typical.
XVI.
*Some women try to persuade their husbands that they have duties to perform towards certain persons.
“I am sure that you ought to pay a visit to such and such a man.... We cannot avoid asking such and such a man to dinner.”
XVII.
“Come, my son, hold yourself straight: try to acquire good manners! Watch such and such a man! See how he walks! Notice the way in which he dresses.”
XVIII.
When a woman utters the name of a man but twice a day, there is perhaps some uncertainty about her feelings toward him—but if thrice?—Oh! oh!