A middle aged wife was sitting on a sofa reading some newspaper and her husband was looking at her warmly. He said in soft tone: 'I love you!'

She looked at him scornfully and said: 'Most of people say this tempting sentence, but they don't mean it at all'

She provoked him and he felt as though he had been despised by her answer. He said:

'What do you mean? am I lying?'

'I mean that we usually say things without being aware of the meaning!' she said calmly.

He quickly replied:

' I love you. And I mean what I say.'

'How? explain!'

' I am always thinking of you. You...