Madame is having a tete-a-tete with her lover. Everything is going on all right when suddenly they hear somebody ascending the stairs. It is the husband. What is to be done? The lover sees a bear-skin on the floor and slips under it in time. The husband enters and while he is kissing his wife the lover tries to get to the door, hidden under the bear-skin. As the husband sees his carpet moving by itself, he is overcome with fear and the lover avails himself of it to get out, leaving the skin on the landing. Still the courageous husband pulls himself together again and running to the door picks up the skin and carries it triumphantly to his wife who heartily laughs at the stupidity of her dear husband.
—Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé