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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.
GRAND CANAL, VENICE
THE FOUNTAINS OF VERSAILLES IN FULL ACTION
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.
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!

Charivari

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.

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