The Pilgrims of the Rhine

by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

  "Charming!" cried Nymphalin, clasping her hands; "it is just the sort ofstory I like."

  "And I suppose, sir," said Nip, pertly, "that the dog and the cat livedvery happily ever afterwards? Indeed the nuptial felicity of a dog andcat is proverbial!"

  "I dare say they lived much the same as any other married couple,"answered the prince.