Two friends met for the first time in several years.
- "Well, old man", one of them said, "I hear you finally got married. Congratulations, for I also hear you have an excellent and most accomplished wife"
- "Yes, indeed", was the reply, "my wife is accomplished. She is perfect at home in literature, at home in art, at home in music, at home in science, in short, at home everywhere, except..."
- "Except what?..."
- "Except at home!!!?
- "Well, old man", one of them said, "I hear you finally got married. Congratulations, for I also hear you have an excellent and most accomplished wife"
- "Yes, indeed", was the reply, "my wife is accomplished. She is perfect at home in literature, at home in art, at home in music, at home in science, in short, at home everywhere, except..."
- "Except what?..."
- "Except at home!!!?