Sus amigas, algunas mujeres de modestos empleados, le regalaban con frecuencia localidades para ver obras aplaudidas y hasta para algún estreno; y ella compartía esas diversiones con su marido, al cual fatigaban horriblemente, después de un día de trabajo. Por fin, para librarse de trasnochar, le rogó que fuera con alguna señora conocida, que pudiese acompañarla cuando acabase la función. Ella tardó mucho en ceder, juzgando inconveniente la proposición de su marido; pero, al fin, se decidió a complacerlo, y él se alegró muchísimo.
Her friends (the wives of some petty officials) frequently procured for her a box at the theatre, often for the first representations of the new plays; and her husband was obliged to accompany her, whether he wished it or not, to these entertainments which bored him excessively after his day’s work at the office. After a time, Monsieur Lantin begged his wife to request some lady of her acquaintance to accompany her, and to bring her home after the theatre. She opposed this arrangement, at first; but, after much persuasion, finally consented, to the infinite delight of her husband.