. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . sant woman, who was nearly dead,with her broom. Terrified, with a mad look on her face, the dyingwoman made a superhuman effort to get up andescape; she even got her shoulders and chest out ofbed; then she fell back with a deep sigh. All wasover, and La Rapet calmly put everything back intoits place; the broom into the corner by the cup-board, the sheet inside it, the pot on to the hearth,the pail on to the floor, and the chair against the with a professional air, she closed the deadwomans enormous eyes, put
. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . sant woman, who was nearly dead,with her broom. Terrified, with a mad look on her face, the dyingwoman made a superhuman effort to get up andescape; she even got her shoulders and chest out ofbed; then she fell back with a deep sigh. All wasover, and La Rapet calmly put everything back intoits place; the broom into the corner by the cup-board, the sheet inside it, the pot on to the hearth,the pail on to the floor, and the chair against the with a professional air, she closed the deadwomans enormous eyes, put a plate on the bed andpoured some holy water into it, dipped the twig ofboxwood into it, and kneeling down, she ferventlyrepeated the prayers for the dead, which she knewby heart, as a matter of business. When Honore returned in the evening, he foundher praying. He calculated immediately that she hadmade twenty sous out of him, for she had only spentthree days and one night there, which made fivefrancs altogether, instead of the six which he owedher. THE VENUS OF BRANIZA. OME years ago there lived in Branizaa celebrated Talmudist, renownedno less on account of his beautifulwife, than for his wisdom, his learn-ing, and his fear of God. The Venusof Braniza deserved that name thor-oughly; she deserved it for herself, onaccount of her singular beauty, andeven more as the wife of a man deeplyversed in the Talmud, for the wives of^^.^—» the Jewish philosophers are, as a rule,ugly or possess some bodily Talmud explains this in the followingmanner: It is well known that marriages aremade in heaven, and at the birth of a boy a divinevoice calls out the name of his future wife, and viceversA. But just as a good father tries to get rid ofhis good wares out of doors, and only uses thedamaged stuff at home for his children, so God be-stows on the Talmudists those women whom othermen would not care to have. Well, God made an exception in the case of ourTalmudist, and had bestow
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