He is playing comedy--well! play comedy with him; be his dupe apparently; if he proves to have talent, if he has a future before him, make a friend of him.

Do you think I want to see you forever in the mayor's office ?" "Come, wife Colleville," said the former clarionet, tapping his knee to indicate the place he wished his wife to take.

"Let us warm our toes and talk .-- When I look at you I am more than ever convinced that the youth of women is in their figure." "And in their heart." "Well, both," assented Colleville; "waist slender, heart solid--" "No, you old stupid, deep." "What is good about you is that you have kept your fairness without growing fat.

But the fact is, you have such tiny bones.

Flavie, it is a fact that if I had life to live over again I shouldn't wish for any other wife than you." "You know very well I have always preferred you to _others_.