Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete
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Chapter 1 MY FIRST SUPPER PARTY
Chapter 2 THE SOUL IN AGONY. TO MONSIEUR CLAUDE DE L----
Chapter 3 MADAME DE K.
Chapter 4 SOUVENIRS OF LENT
Chapter 5 MADAME AND HER FRIEND CHAT BY THE FIRESIDE
Chapter 6 A DREAM
Chapter 7 AN EMBASSY BALL
Chapter 8 MY AUNT AS VENUS
Chapter 9 HUSBAND AND WIFE MY DEAR SISTERS
Chapter 10 MADAME'S IMPRESSIONS
Chapter 11 A WEDDING NIGHT
Chapter 12 THE HONEYMOON
Chapter 13 THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK
Chapter 14 THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK AGAIN
Chapter 15 MY WIFE GOES TO A DANCE
Chapter 16 A FALSE ALARM
Chapter 17 I SUP WITH MY WIFE
Chapter 18 FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER
Chapter 19 A LITTLE CHAT
Chapter 20 THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE
Chapter 21 A LONGING
Chapter 22 FAMILY LIFE
Chapter 23 NEW YEAR'S DAY
Chapter 24 LETTERS OF A YOUNG MOTHER TO HER FRIEND.
Chapter 25 FOUR YEARS LATER
Chapter 26 OLD RECOLLECTIONS
Chapter 27 THE LITTLE BOOTS
Chapter 28 BABIES AND PAPAS
Chapter 29 HIS FIRST BREECHES
Chapter 30 COUNTRY CHILDREN
Chapter 31 AUTUMN
Chapter 32 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FORTY NOW
Chapter 33 CONVALESCENCE
Chapter 34 FAMILY TIES
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Chapter 20 THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE

When midnight strikes, when the embers die away into ashes, when the lamp burns more feebly and your eyes close in spite of yourself, the best thing to do, dear Madame, is to go to bed.

Get up from your armchair, take off your bracelets, light your rosecolored taper, and proceed slowly, to the soft accompaniment of your trailing skirt, rustling

            
            

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