Ibowedmyacknowledgments,andtookoccasionasIdidsotostepapaceaside,soastocommandaviewofMadamedeBruhl,aswellasherhusband.Hithertomadame,willingtobeaccountedapartinsoprettyaromance,andreadyenoughalso,unlessIwasmistaken,tocauseherhusbandalittlemildjealousy,hadlistenedtothestorywithacertainslydemureness.ButthisI
foresawwouldnotlastlong;andIfeltsomethinglikecompunctionasthemomentforstrikingtheblowapproached.ButIhadnownochoice.\'Thebestisyettocome,sire,\'Iwenton,\'asIthinkyouwillacknowledgeinamoment.Dromio,thoughhehaddiscoveredhismistress,wasstillinthedepthsofdespair.
Hewanderedroundandroundthehouse,seekingingressandfindingnone,untilatlength,sunsetapproaching,anddarknessredoublinghisfearsforthenymph,fortunetookpityonhim.Ashestoodinfrontofthehousehesawtheabductorcomeout,lightedbytwoservants.Judgeofhissurprise,sire,\'I
continued,lookingroundandspeakingslowly,togivefulleffecttomywords,\'whenherecognisedinhimnootherthanthehusbandoftheladywho,bypickingupandagaindroppingthevelvetknot,hadcontributedsomuchtothesuccessofhissearch!\'
\'Ha!thesehusbands!\'criedtheking.Andslappinghiskneeinanecstasyathisownacuteness,helaughedinhisseattillherolledagain.\'Thesehusbands!DidInotsayso?\'