Volume II Part 2 (1/2)
”Are your husband's parents still alive?”
”His father is dead, but his mother is still alive, and resides with her uncle, Canon Casanova”
That was enough The good woman was my Welsh cousin, and her children were my Welsh nephews My niece Jeanneton was not pretty; but she appeared to be a good girl I continued ed the topic
”Are the Par the subjects of a Spanish prince?”
”Satisfied? Well, in that case, we should be easily pleased, for we are now in a regularis upset, we do not knohere we are
Oh! happy times of the house of Farnese, whither have you departed? The day before yesterday I went to the theatre, and Harlequin hter Well, now, fancy, Don Philipo, our new duke, did all he could to ree it, he would hide his face in his hat so that people should not see that he was laughing, for it is said that laughter ought never to disturb the grave and stiff countenance of an Infante of Spain, and that he would be dishonoured in Madrid if he did not conceal his mirth What do you think of that? Can such ly and heartily!
Oh! the good Duke Antonio (God rest his soul!) was certainly as great a prince as Duke Philipo, but he did not hide himself from his subjects when he was pleased, and he would soh so heartily that he could be heard in the streets Noe are all in the most fearful confusion, and for the last three months no one in Parma knohat's o'clock”
”Have all the clocks been destroyed?”
”No, but ever since God created the world, the sun has always gone down at half-past five, and at six the bells have always been tolled for the Angelus All respectable people knew that at that tie, the sun has gone mad, for he sets every day at a different hour Our peasants do not knohen they are to coulation but do you knohy? Because now everybody knows that dinner is to be eaten at twelve o'clock A fine regulation, indeed! Under the Farnese we used to eat ere hungry, and that was ular, but I did not think it sounded foolish in the overnht never to destroy ancient custoht to be corrected only by degrees
Henriette had no watch I felt delighted at the idea of offering her such a present, and I went out to purchase one, but after I had bought a very fine watch, I thought of ear-rings, of a fan, and of ht theifts offered by love with a tender delicacy which overjoyed me
She was still with the teacher when I came back
”I should have been able,” he said to raphy, history, and the use of the globes, but she knows that already She has received an excellent education”
The teacher's naineer and professor of mathematics I shall have to speak of him very often in these Memoirs, and my readers will make his acquaintance by his deeds better than by any portrait I could give of him, so I will merely say that he was a true Tartufe, a worthy pupil of Escobar
We had a pleasant dinner with our Hungarian friend Henriette was still wearing the unifored to see her dressed as a woman She expected a dress to be ready for the next day, and she was already supplied with petticoats and chemises
Henriette was full of wit and a mistress of repartee The , and said in French:
”Madame et Monsieur, j'ai l'honneur de vous souhaiter le bonjour”
”Why,” said my friend, ”do you not say Monsieur et madame?”
”I have always heard that in society the precedence is given to the ladies”
”But froentlemen, of course”