An ornamental woodcut headpiece featuring a central vase or urn motif from which acanthus leaves and scrolled vines extend symmetrically to the left and right, enclosed within a rectangular border.

THE MAGICIAN

SOLDIER,

COMIC OPERA.

SCENE ONE.

MONSIEUR AND MADAME ARGANT,

are playing Trictrac together.

Mr. ARGANT.

I can no longer see clearly, let us sit here, we will be more comfortable.

DUET.

Mrs. ARG.            Four and five.
Mr. ARG.                       No.
                  Five and four.... Good.
                      To school a term in Trictrac meaning a failed move or penalty,
                  That consoles me,
               For I was losing the hole a position on the board.
Mrs. ARG.           Ah! The old fool!
Mr. ARG. Six, four....
Mrs. ARG.                     It is mine;
Mr. ARG.                Be quiet.
Mrs. ARG.           Four and Six
                        Make ten.
                  Five and six....
Mr. ARG.            Down with the wood referring to the game pieces.
Mrs. ARG.           What do you mean?
Mr. ARG.            Your bourgeois corner....