XI
DUBOTTÉ ATTEMPTS TO TRAIN HIS WIFE
A few days later, Dubotté said to his wife:
"My dear love, we shall have two people to dinner to-morrow; tell the cook to be careful with the dinner, and, above all things, don't forget the sweets; I don't enjoy my dinner, you know, unless I have sweets."
"Yes, you have a very sweet tooth."
"Every man who loves women must love sweet things."
"Ah! you love them too well, you bad boy!"
"Sweet things?"
"No, women! If you loved only your own wife, it would be all right."
"My dear love, I might retort: I love crême au chocolat! But if you should always give me that for dinner, I might get tired of it."
"What does that mean? that you care no more for me than you do for a crême au chocolat?"