Seit Eddine is willing to do anything for freedom. He pretends that he is ruined and cannot face his creditors, "He takes off his good clothes and appears before his father-in-law as a half-naked *-aterier. The Cadi agrees to the divorce, and Self Eddine hurries off to Malika with the news, but she laughs derisively, To think that she should be expected to marry such a credulous ass, who is ready to believe the tales of the first woman who comes along! She inmates that there is "nothing doing." This final shock opens the wretched man's eyes to his own shortcomings, and he admits freely and frankly that women in general are much cleverer than men in general and himself Ju particular Having thus scored a complete victory all along the line, Malika relents, and consents to marry hin, to his great delight, He does not realize even now, poor fellow, that his education has only just begun! Anyway, the curtain falls with the hero radiant and the heroine with a sly twinkle in her eye, "La Russo do 1'Homme" was finely played and mounted as magnificently as though had been intended for a long run instead of for a single perform. ance,
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