We have seen men who are reputed honest and of considerable society congratulate the luck of Mlle ..., a young, beautiful, spiritual, and virtuous person, for succeeding in becoming the wife of M..., a sickly, repellent, dishonest, imbecilic, but rich old man. If anything characterizes vile centuries, it is considering such a thing a triumph, the ridiculousness of such a joy, the inversion of every moral and natural idea.