PART III LOVE
CHAPTER 132
THE FINESSES OF BOUDERIE
SHE
1311. All that are women devour thee with their eyes, thou gallant ! I shall have none of thy embrace.
1312. I was in the sulks : he then sneezed, for he thought that I would bless him saying, Long live my beloved !
HE
1313. Even if I wear a garland she would go off in a pique saying, Thou wantest to look smart in some damsel's eyes !
1314. I said to her, I love thee above all : and behold, she frowned at once asking, Above whom ? and above whom ?
1315. I told her, We shall never part in this life : alack, her eyes at once filled with tears ![1]
- ↑ For she thought that he contemplated the possibility of parting in the next life.
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