“Yes, mother-in-law.”
“Neither must you kiss her.”
“Why, you object to me kissing my wife?”
“Before people, yes. It’s very bad form. Haven’t you time enough for it at home?”
“True.”
“At table you will not sit next to your wife, but next to me.”
“That’s agreed.”
“During the meal you will take care that no comic songs on your marriage are sung. Those who write them usually permit themselves indelicate jokes, so that the ladies are put out. That is the worst taste possible.”
“I’ll see that none are sung.”
“You will dance only once with your wife during the evening. Understand me—only once.”