“Remarkable, Schwamberger the official is not allowed to go to the office, because his youngest child has measles, now he’s taking the tram in the morning to breeze about, he goes to the coffee house in the afternoon for a round of cards, he visits the theater every evening out of sheer boredom, and he takes a seat afterwards in a pub and a person is still supposed to believe in a contagion?”
(Figaro, Vienna, 1888)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 