It was delightful to witness his fury.

It was then that he dropped his eyeglass and turned as red as a boiled lobster.

He swore that his wife was above suspicion, as usual." "That is true," said a young man who had attempted to make love to Corona during the previous year.
"Of course it is true," echoed all the rest, with unanimity rare indeed where a woman's reputation is concerned.
"Yes," continued Valdarno, "of course.

But he goes so far as to say it is absurd that any one should admire his wife, who is nevertheless a most admirable woman.

He stamped, he screamed, he turned red in the face, and he went off without taking leave of me, flourishing his stick, and swearing eternal hatred and vengeance against the entire civilised society of the world.