After all, monsieur," he continued, "they are logical.

What a man wants most in life, in the intervals between his work, is amusement.

It is amusement that keeps him young, keeps him in health.

It is his womankind who provide that amusement." "And if one does not happen to be married to a Frenchwoman ?" Louis nodded sympathetically.
"Monsieur is feeling like that," he said, as he sipped his wine thoughtfully.

"Yes, it is very plain! Yet monsieur is not always sad.