Monsieur Léonce Miranda owned his fault,

Protested his pure ignorance, from first

To last, of rights infringed in "Gustave's" case:

Submitted him to judgment. Law decreed

"Body and goods be henceforth separate!"

And thereupon each party took its way,

This right, this left, rejoicing, to abide

Estranged yet amicable, opposites

In life as in respective dwelling-place.

Still does one read on his establishment