862. THE SURPRISE.

_Teniers_ (Flemish: 1610-1694). _See 154._

Hardly an instance in which "vice itself loses half its evil by losing

all its grossness." It is a very vulgar intrigue. The husband courts

without passion; the maid-servant "stoops to folly" without grace; the

wife surprises the lovers without dignity.

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