In a railway compartment, Tristan Bernard was filling his pipe. A neighbor said to him: "Please don't smoke." "But, sir, I don't smoke!" protested Tristan Bernard. "I know that one," cried the other; "you take out your pipe, fill it, and without pretending anything, you end up lighting it. But I warn you that you won't smoke." Tristan Bernard submitted. However, a few moments later, as his neighbor had just taken a newspaper from his pocket and unfolded it, he called out to him: "I forbid you. I know that one! You take out your newspaper, unfold it, and then without pretending anything, you tear off a piece, and... you isolate yourself in a corner..."
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