. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . s. What rights? The husbands rights and then the wifes rights. Of course I do. Oh! Then just tell me, Msieu Cacheux, hasmy wife the right to go to bed with Polyte? What do you mean by going to bed with Polyte ? Yes, has she any right before the law, and see-ing that she is my wife, to go to bed with Polyte? Why of course not, of course not. If I catch him there again, shall I have the rightto thrash him and her also ? Why — why — why, yes. Very well, then; I will tell you why I want toknow. One night last week, as I ha
. Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . s. What rights? The husbands rights and then the wifes rights. Of course I do. Oh! Then just tell me, Msieu Cacheux, hasmy wife the right to go to bed with Polyte? What do you mean by going to bed with Polyte ? Yes, has she any right before the law, and see-ing that she is my wife, to go to bed with Polyte? Why of course not, of course not. If I catch him there again, shall I have the rightto thrash him and her also ? Why — why — why, yes. Very well, then; I will tell you why I want toknow. One night last week, as I had my suspicions,I came in suddenly, and they were not behavingproperly, I chucked Polyte out, to go and sleepsomewhere else; but that was all, as 1 did not knowwhat my rights were. This time 1 did not see them;I only heard of it from others. That is over, andwe will not say any more about it; but if 1 catchthem again, by G—dl if I catch them again, I willmake them lose all taste for such nonsense, MaitreCacheux, as sure as my name is Severin. A DIVORCE CASE 6 5^„. M. Chassel, advocate, rises tospeak:Mr. President and gentle-men of the jury. The cause thatI am charged to plead before yourequires medicine rather than justice;• and is much more a case of pathologythan a case of ordinary law. At firstblush the facts seem very simple.**A young man, very rich, with anoble and cultivated mind, and a gener--/^-^_. ^ ous heart, becomes enamored of a young^^ •5>-^-* ^^^^y* ^ho ^s the perfection of beauty, more^?•^ than beautiful, in fact; she is adorable, besidesbeing as gracious as she is charming, as good andtrue as she is tender and pretty, and he marries some time, he compcts himself toward her notonly as a devoted husband, but as a man full ofsolicitude and tenderness. Then he neglects her,misuses her, seems to entertain for her an insur-mountable aversion, an irresistible disgust. One day he even strikes her, not only without any cause, but(192) A DIVORCE C
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