Sealed Lips — page 53: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

SHALED LIPS. 45 who has this rare article for sale, is yet to be found. If you know of one you are ahead of me. Gode- froid marry! Heis notill enough yet to try this dangerous remedy. A commonplace wife would stifle him with her coarse vulgarity. A coquette would kill him by inches with jealousy. <A cross and crabbed one would cause his aneurism to burst, in consequence of excitement. An avaricious one would end his days by obliging him to work inces- santly. Good gracious! Monsieur, let me tell you, if I knew of a distinguished, virtuous, good-tem- pered, and disinterested woman, the first thing that I would do would be to take her myself. As Iam afraid I shall remain an old bachelor, and, as you love Godefroid, I should advise you to depend upon yourself to cure him. He will live some months longer, and you will have fewer regrets. Above all things, no shocks.” Sy comicbooks (Cl OQ)