I am a man of influence and education, but my wife has baffled me beyond belief. She demands to be given a cabriolet. She says that every woman of good standing has one, and she will never be happy again unless I provide her with one immediately.
Can you please tell me what sort of item I am to purchase for my wife? Is a cabriolet a type of necklace? A new mode of bonnet? Or, heaven forbid, a form of female undergarment?
Good Sir,
A wise wife always keeps her husband in some state of perpetual puzzlement. Your sage spouse has spotted the latest fashion in carriages, and of course, she cannot call on friends or family without such a viable vehicle.
A cabriolet is a one-horse chaise made to carry two people. It comes with a movable hood and closeable window curtains for privacy. Clearly clever and convenient! The shape of the cabriolet is curvaceous and unfailingly feminine. Its frame resembles a nautilus shell, and the knee flap and shafts are artfully bowed. Highly ornamental and among the most expensive of all single-horse vehicles, the cabriolet will call attention to your wife’s beauty and to your own station of influence and education.
Congratulate your better half on her desire to appear at her best in Society. Consider yourself the richer for possessing such a wily wife, though your bank account may soon be the poorer.
