"Nous l'avons dit plusieurs fois, et les événemens (sic), à mesure qu'ils s'accomplissent, nous - confirment pleinement dans cette conviction, la question d'Orient est loin d'être terminée..."

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · July 12, 1841

In a bedroom, a man, his face and upper body completely hidden by a newspaper which he is reading to his wife, seated in a great armchair. The wife, half lying down in an armchair, resting her head on one of its arms, sleeps deeply.