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MONSIEUR ARTHUR: - OH PAMELA! I AM BURNING WITH LOVE FOR YOU! THE HUSBAND HERBALIST: - A MALLOW... OF THE FAMILY OF MALVACEAE... A SEDATIVE... I DON'T BELIEVE MY FRIEND ARTHUR HAS THIS SPECIMEN IN THE HERBARIUM HE ASKED ME TO BUILD FOR HIM.
YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I AM GOING TO DINE. ... BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER ALREADY? - NO, NOT YET. - WELL, WELL, I'LL HAVE MINE BEFORE YOU THEN. GOODBYE.
THE FOUNTAINS OF VERSAILLES IN FULL ACTION
SENSE OF HEARING. WAKE UP NINI!.... I HAVE BEEN CALLING HER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, AND SHE ALWAYS REPLIES: YES ADOLPHE. BUT NEITHER THE CHILD'S NAME NOR MINE IS ADOLPHE!
GRAND CANAL, VENICE

Charivari

Monsieur Arthur. – O! Pamela, j’éprouve pour vous l’amour le plus brûlant. Le mari herborisant. – Mauve. . . malva. . . de l’ordre des malvacées. . . plante calmante. . . je crois que mon ami Arthur n’en a pas encore dans l’herbier qu’il m’a prié de lui faire

1850