Come, promise!" "I never sign a paper without reading it first," said Newman.

"Show me your document." "No, you must sign with your eyes shut; I will hold your hand.

Come, before you put your head into the noose.

You ought to be thankful to me for giving you a chance to do something amusing." "If it is so amusing," said Newman, "it will be in even better season after I am married." "In other words," cried Madame de Bellegarde, "you will not do it at all.

You will be afraid of your wife." "Oh, if the thing is intrinsically improper," said Newman, "I won't go into it.