13/15 Come, let us dine now." "Monseigneur, to-day is a very festival of ideas; I have another." "What is it ?" "Madame is angry with you, and she has reason to be so. You owe her revenge; go and dine with her." "Oh! that would be acting like a weak and whimsical husband." "It is the duty of a good husband to do so. The princess is no doubt wearied enough; she will be weeping in her plate, and here eyes will get quite red. A husband who is the cause of his wife's eyes getting red is an odious creature. |