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The Life ofLope de Vegat

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Tnr DecBrrrulNEss or Wousx rN Martpns oF SENTTMENT,

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Tne DecgrtrulNEss or 'Wonax rN MertBns or Sslrrtmsrrlr

" How dicl you know, papa, that I loved Mr. Leon ?"" Bccause you always told me about Mr. Paul,"

TsB DBcetrnuI,Ness or' lVorvtEN rN l\Ierrens or SeNtrÀ'IBNI

'.ffi

My Dear Amédée,This evening, aborrt eight

o'clock, at tlru Boule Rou-ge,dressed as a citizeness; be on ihelookout, do not keep me waiting,

My Beloved Henri,Judge of my despair ! I

have a frightful sore throat, it-will be quite impossible for me togo out this evening, ln fact, theyare thinking of applying twentyleeches ! ! ! Pitv much and lovealways your -

Clara"Vour Clara.

Tnr Drcerrrur.NEss or Wolrex rN l\le.rrsns or SENrrtrsxr

To the iÊr.st ge.nilenzan.-,, Meet me this evenins.

- ., quai de- l,Horloge du palais,-yoo, eueo.tinJ.tfln four to five o'clock,

r o ,Lze second, tenth?ttan--. 'This evening, q-Uai des LunetteS, between fOur.- and fiv-e-o'cto_ck.-your A;;u;lin;';P' a**' $r

ro the third genthnan._...euali des.Morfondus, this eveningr from fouro'cloc-k to fi ve.-your Aùil;dn;.;*-r rv"ss"

r o a Jourth gentlenzan.-,.I eipect you this evening at four o,clock._yourown Atrgustine,"

lrrs DpceIrrulNEss op Wonaeu rN MeT rBRs oF SENTTMENT

You frankl you innocent! havc confidence in you!...you!...whv! vouwould. blow your.nose with your left hand ônly fdr the pleâsuré ofdeceiving your right hand if you coulcl ! "

l'ne DrcerrFULNEss op WoueN In Mlrrgns oR SnNtttuBNr

" O, Henri t Henri ! l\fon Dieu, Mon Dieu !.'.To sacrifice onesclf for so' ungrateful a wretch !...Never see him again !...Never l...But will ite"i be possible for me not to see my Henri again?..."

" Fortunately you have still got your Amédée."

Tns Decerrrur,NEss or WomrN rN l\fa'rrrns op SrNrtmnur rr

" Wbat woman is there that would not be happy and proud to belong to you,my Jules ? "

t2 Tne DscsrrrulNEss or WouBN rm l\Ierrpns or SBwrrurNr

'a

'Wretched womân I you will be the shame of your own sex and thedespair of mine t "

Don't make any pa''ment to accôunt ! I tell you, the creditor who is notpaid is only a creditor; the creditor who is paid is a tiger l "

Clrcnv

Why, okl man, tiris is Sunday,"What does that nlatter to vou ? "Why ! (on Sundays, one doer not care a rap for the bailiff) it matters this

much, that I could go for a walk if I could get out."

" But how did yon let 1'qulcglf be catrght like that ? "" Asli the wiitlilucks Éow they get caîghr !...He drerv on nle on March rst,

and I was arreste(l on April 5rh: rhat's lrorv it h:rpperretl."

Ccrcnv

" You see, grief cloes not mal<e me thin ! and I will give a piece of advice tomy creditors, in their own interest; if r-lrey want to take nre cut ofhere, they.ha.d better,nrake haste, for they tvill sool) not be able to getme through tlre door."

Penrs ey Nrcsr

" Do you see that su'ell coming in rhere ? ""Yes!"" Do vou know who he is ? "'. !t/hô ? "" Nobody at all."

Penrs sv Ntcnr&

Panrs sv Nrcur

il

=lililiiltt

s/1

Panrs ev NIcur

" I was beqging yesterday at the churcb doors: I got nothing."" I l-reggetl ât thé dancirrj halls: I did not badly."

Pants gv Nrcnr

i\iiii'fih \*tlli

" Here's a fine old chap, who is going to give us sornething to drink hishealth l. ,if he's a good sort !.,.eh, old boy ? "

Panrs sy Nrcxr

Not much here I

TsnnreLr Cstr.onrll

"I've brought sweets for you, little chap; I'll give you them rvhen I goawav."

tt Then give me them norv and then go away."

TrcrtnrBLe Csrlunex

t' I\lamnra, it's ÀIr...,you know, tbe gentleman with the nose...

Tenntst-e CHrr-onex

" I'll tell I...you've taken sorne more of the rouge rnamma puts on, out ofthe little pot."

TsnnreLE CnrLoReN

tll\\\\\\l

,'lrii

"The rose you gave mamma?,..Oh, yes, -y-es!..,that you nearlv biokeyour.neck to ger?...Why, cousin Anaiole put ir ôn Jacobii's tail,I\{âtthieu's donkey.,.I\{ arn ma did laugh !... Have you an-y more nuts ?

,;

'/i-z'7

TnnnreLB Cutlonnn

t'I have seen cousin enough, mammt' are you coming home."

TeRRrsr.e Cxrlnnex

æ=Oh I it is tru^e ! -you have_eyes like the lanrps on your cab...Well, Clémence

was perfectly right, she rvas,"

TsnnIeLp Cnrr,pneN

" You don't tnow your lessorr, your aunt u'ill come and you will bescolded !..-"

" Oh, yes, aunt...she is with the fat bair-woman...You don'r knr;w how longit takes to remove the stuf they pur in aunt's hair to make it blacÈafterwards."

Tennrsr-B Cnrr.onpu

'lrtlllt

" Adieu, madam, I shall call again soon, since you permit me to come tobore vou like this sornetimes."

tt Oh ! vou never bore me."" Yes. iramma. vou said the other day he was a bore."" It is not truêi,..Mamma, George is telling lies again !...Mamma said he

was stupid and a bore !..,Now !"

Lonsrrss

"I am.keeping a.t-igk91 f91 .Vou, m.y.dear Charlesrfor Chantereine; Iamplaying the 'Maid of Honour.'-'," That will be funnv !"" .,,All my friends àre coming."" Îbe place will be Iull."

Ïl\rir'ti)"r rtr I \\ii1 r.1 trrr\1r 1j \1n

Acrnpsses

\-Ar Hun LBvBe

'JÏ\\

nt Criticîsm.-tt It is impossiLrle to exhibit more wit, more gaiety' mor-e

cleverness than does Madame Polydor in the part o[ Suzette; it isimoossible to be more refined and elegant."

znd Criticisnr.-" Decidedly, Nladame Polydor shows herself moreinsienificant than ever-in the part of Suzette"'

3rd Critîc1sm.-" Etc., etc.r etc.' etc."

Acrnnssps

[lm

ttSeo: the waves of the inhuman sea bave left nothins for us on the sand,The blighting wind of the desert has passed ovËr the traveller's tree,and its branch, alas ! is withered.,.Alas I my eyes have sought in vainthe life'giving seeds in the odorous grass that the tempest has levelled,and in the abandoned nests of the young birds of the shore t...O,mother !..,mother !...I hunqsl !"

" W'ell, here is your coffee, Titin-.

Tne Panr

Acrnessrs

S'rupvrNc

" At last, then, you have come, oh monster, soiled with crirne !"

36 ActnBsses

llililliilil'

Iil].ll,im,li

ul]iiffi,

"riy'e sup at Véry's, Chozikof and I, with iVllle. Beaupertuis..,Will youcome, my charnrer ?

" Your proposal, Count, is of a nature likely to cornpromise qravelv theinterests of our faithful ally, England...Neverthelèss we shàll corisiderit; but, whatever we resolve, we-shall keep it secret from Russia;we give you, Count, our royal word."

" I\Iadame Charmant, you spoke ,the pavilion scene like an angel : it is. pertect t_out clo.l_o_r-moq!! the srairs so quickly: you musr leave Sir

Arthur time to kill himself."

38 Pants gv Mo*NtHc

" Does Madame de Saint-Aiglemont live here, madam, if you please ? "" Yes...M'ame Chiffet 1..'you're wanted."

Penrs st' I\fotitttNc

['4 tj'rU It

Panrs sv Monnruc

c0r{cr ER \rL

\

v-=:P---T-'=.." Come on I come on t will you ever bave the yard swept this mornine

...It is eight o'clock alréady !...and you havè the midàle flat's boots t6do yet and your piano to study..."

Penrs av Monntltc

It

" Whv deprive oncself of the superflu,ous, when one can dispense-with tFe" "t;;ffi;i"-tiiÈ*lot a Ëousekeefrer costs, o'c has tùo stalls at the

opera."

'IrHe SluoeNrs op Panrs

" Adi?"îrv"l::irr;l'r:îlrl l].]X.

roo rny pipe a.cl my wife ;...you rviu take

Tue Sruoeu'rs or Pents

Anrtcle 212 oF THE Crvtt- Coon

" Husbancl and wife owe one another fidelity, succourt assistance'

Tnp Sruornrs or panrg

" Ifow nruch?"tt Guess..."" Thirty francs ? "tt Four îrancs ! "tt Good heavens t',

TsB SrupsNrs or Pants

"Itis I!" ttlt is I l" "She is making eyes at me." t'She iswinkingat tne." t'You are mistaken, my boy." " You are wrong, old man."Both togctherr t'Stop, stop, stop, wc are both right...shesguintsl"

46 lse Sruperrs or Pants

wfi'#\ti *','r\\

" And on Sundav. what do vou do. nrv bov?"" On Sunday, c6usirr, we walk in'a lardên called the Grande.Chaumière,

wnere we near sacrecl'muslc.'-" After church ? "t' After church. cousin... "

1'se SruupNts on P.ruts

Ah. mv dear fellow. don't pitv vourself ! You will be doctor, I shall be' a'royal attorney : whilê y-ori will be obliged to have talent, I will becompelled to have manners."

That will be hard ! "

48 Tne Sruosxrs or Penrs

--.-r-- +

Studying Larv.

Tne SruorNrs oP Penrs

.... _:.

=+-.\-:;Æ

" Confound it, nephew; it is good to be a hard worker, but one cannot alwayswork, so, in the country, one amuses oneself : do like me."

TnB Youxç Men's Lrrp

ql{\NÉç4

),\

,\iuf

t.. \

" You haven't given me the fifty francs you have been owing me for sixmonths. vou rascal l "

" Very well, giodfather, that will stand for the interest on the three hundredyou nave glven me.

" How that ? "" Because it is fifteen days since I asked for them. Godfatber, one ought to

be exact l "

Tnp Younc Meu's Lrru

..-._æ'---_æ-tv

tt When people say you have a wife, that means a wife has you."

THæ Your'lc MaN's Lrpr

" Ifow much does a suit like that cost ? "" I don't know."" Iifeaven grant, rny dear fellow, that you may never know."

Tns Youxc Man's Lrrs

Tne Youxc Mlw's Lrrg

'-

-J

One has often need of a smaller than oneself.

Tnn YouNc MeN's LrrP

'i*;'Àq

"Now vott're done for!...My dear fellow, your-rdiot. oF a groom has^'-"*itt"fà th" bo,tqu"t:- yonr letter' for the niece has gone to

the aunt."" oh. ;i;; a"ùil t ! t After all, what does it matter? Now that I think of- 'it, I like tbe aunt b€tter."

s6 THe Youwc Men's Lrre

)

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r--

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- --

" Youmust nrake up your.nrind, ret's see !...rnarry claire, with the Forest ofI\angle, or rake Ulénrence, you rvill have The Mills !...Do you wishthe foresr or the mills?' '.tAh, gortfather, I *;;i;'iiù;.:.,i";,îî;

forest and the nrills?-,' ,,GoclfatËer, I wolld lil-; FÈiici,;: ..uhol;;neither foresr nor rnills..." ,,you âre " fooi, g"dsà;-;,--l,i';ï^'i;love, godfather." ,, You are a fool, goclson.,;

Tne Younc Marq's Lrrr

.-é_::-=,È--=. a . . Lr'+j+.::-

J' Do vou Pav Inuch at Your lrotel ? "" A teiriblè iot : I don'i PaY."

'Tnp Younc Mer,r's Lrre

triîè

FuNeR,rl One'r'roN." Ah ! her woman's nature was a rich one ! pretty, all heart ! full of wit

.,,and so sood ! "" Yes, that is true l.,.However,...there are others,',

#l( \",\ ,l

.---.-----.

=

'?ne YouNo;Mnrfs LIPP

'=

à -,=<=_ _::jF- :

" But at your age' rascaM did not knou' what debts were""'" ir* *É"t I w-aj saying this morning, uncl.e, to my nepbew, when I gave

- him fifteen sous : that scamp rulns me'"

Tns YouÀlc MeN's Lrrp

Lns DÉsennBuns

I

,ll 'airi*r#-j-;:-=lli! tl

rilli;R l\ i IIr,l r:., i i i: -_r il

,,li.s'+æ-=J

., That's no business of yours, wh.at are you interfering with ? is her husbandnot there to thrash her?..."

Læs DÉsenoruag

/'\'wr | ----'Tii----

l\,.1i{fi!'igliii

'='-.:_. <__/ |I \--' I

" \ilhat a lot of women there are ! what a lot l,.,And when vou think that allthese people eat every day God makes t It gives ;Ëu a queer idea ofmanIt

Lss DÉsenpeuns 63

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