FRENCH LOVE-MAKING.

Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1889, Page 3

FRENCH LOVE-MAKING.

I •■■••■■■ .•-.'•♦-■ ? r As soon ns two young French fc people are in love they want to dia i /unless their parents inimorttatt-ly 3 consent to their marriage, which is t- very seldom tho case. Of course, fc -they never do did They live all . while, and are almost inclined to . think th&t;, in love matters, plain . sailing is not so. sweet or so romantic as. obstacles .to overcome. What lovely letters crossed lo.e suggests • to them! l ettet's Invariably written ( at midnight — French lovers never write by day— rinidinght, u v\hen all is in repose around them." Letters full of, " All is kniwn; we are lost! What "will became of us? Ah! f;rget Mac as soon as you can: we sha 1 novel 1 be each other's. As for me, I shall die of it, I know I shall. Then you will marry another woman. I will pray in Heaven for your happiness. Perhaps now and then you will come to the cemefcary and lay a bunch of viole's on my tomb. * You know, beloved one, that violets are: m.v favourite flowers. Yon won't forget that, will you ? Farewell ! " When the Frenchman in love has an opportunity of making a viva vooe declaration t;-.» tho mistress of his heart, he generally sets about it in theatrical fashion.— Max O'Bell. _