“To-morrow then, you, if you wish it, certainly.”
And her husband says to her: “And I after to-morrow then.”
The young lady says to him, “Yes.” One of the young men remains then. He passes the evening in great delight, and when the hour comes for going to bed, the young lady says to him:
“When you were small you were a choir-boy, and they used to powder you; this smell displeases me in bed. Before coming there you must comb yourself. Here is a comb, and when you have got all the powder out, you may come to bed.”
Our lad begins then to comb his hair, but never could he get all the powder out, such quantities came out, and were still coming out of his head; and he was still at it when the young lady rose. The lad said to her:
“What! you are getting up before I come.”
“And do you not see that it is day? I cannot stop there any longer. People will come.”
Our young man goes off home without saying a word more. He meets his comrade who was to pass the night with this young lady. He says to him:
“You are satisfied? You amused yourself well?”
“Yes, certainly, very well. If the time flies as fast with you as it did with me you will amuse yourself well.”