IHADcountedtwentypulsations，andwasgoingonfasttowardsthefortieth，whenherhusband，comingunexpectedfromabackparlourintotheshop，putmealittleoutofmyreckoning-\'Twasnobodybutherhusband，shesaid；-soIbeganafreshscore-Monsieurissogood，quothshe，ashepass\'dbyus，astogivehimselfthetroubleoffeelingmypulse-Thehusbandtookoffhishat，andmakingmeabow，said，Ididhimtoomuchhonour-andhavingsaidthat，heputonhishatandwalk\'dout。
GoodGod!saidItomyself，ashewentout，-andcanthismanbethehusbandofthiswoman!
Letitnottormentthefewwhoknowwhatmusthavebeenthegroundsofthisexclamation，ifIexplainittothosewhodonot。
InLondonashopkeeperandashopkeeper\'swifeseemtobeoneboneandoneflesh:intheseveralendowmentsofmindandbody，sometimestheone，sometimestheotherhasit，soas，ingeneral，tobeuponapar，andtotallywitheachotherasnearlyasmanandwifeneedtodo。
InParis，therearescarcetwoordersofbeingsmoredifferent:forthelegislativeandexecutivepowersoftheshopnotrestinginthehusband，heseldomcomesthere:-insomedarkanddismalroombehind，hesitscommerce-less，inhisthrumnightcap，thesameroughsonofNaturethatNaturelefthim。