A woman had a desire to have her portrait painted, and her husband engaged the best artist he could find. During one of the sittings , the wife made a rather unusual request. She asked the artist to paint in diamond necklace, ear-rings and tiara, even though she wore no jewelry¹. The artist did as she told him but was puzzled. "Why did we add the gems²?" he asked, as they looked at the finished product.

 

The wife said, "It is in case should die before my husband, I just know he'd remarry right away. Let his new wife look for the jewels."

 

一个妇女想让人把自己的肖像画出来，她丈夫就约请了最好的画家。在画坐姿画像时，妻子提出了一个非比寻常的要求，她要求画家画上砖石项链、耳环和冠状头饰，即使她没有戴。画家照她说的做了，可是有点迷惑不解。当他们观看这幅完成的作品时，他问：“为什么我们要画上宝石呢？”

 

妻子说：“万一我比我丈夫早死，我知道他马上就会再婚。让他那新婚妻子去找珠宝吧！”

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