"Hey hey! There's a fine piece of tin-smithery!"

What Is Described as...Going to the Country to Enjoy the Pleasures of Autumn

"Mister, there's only five there, there's a sixth seat...if you stoop down, you can see a little."

In the Orient, an Exchange of Diplomatic Notes

"Adélaide...Adélaide...il me semble que je vois déjà venir la cométe!!..." -- "Ah! mon Dieu...déjà la fin du monde...on nous avait pourtant promis que ça ne serait que le 13 juin!..."

A Log Cabin; An Overgown Fence

Officier de chasseurs à cheval en grande tenue (ex-Garde)

"Ah! Sir... you shouldn't laugh at him like that..."

A Stockholder

Would it be an indiscretion to ask you gentlemen your advise on the temperament of the new minister?, p. 147

Are you the old guy who always comes for dinner? . . . Sir, Papa's not here.

Marie-Louise-Charlotte Philippine Pairie

Paris on January Ist