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.
一个妇女想叫人把我们的肖像画出来，她老公就约请了最好的画家。在画坐姿画像时，老婆提出了一个非比一般的需要，她需要画家画上砖石项链、耳环和冠状头饰，即便她没戴。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：为何大家要画上宝石呢？
老婆说：万一我比我老公早死，我了解他立刻就会再婚。让他那新婚老婆去找珠宝吧！
