According to the plot of one play, the husband was to suddenly enter the room, in which the wrong wife just burned a letter from a lover. With his nostrils in the air, the husband shouted that he could hear the smell of burnt paper, and was undoubtedly interested in what secret his wife burned. The unfaithful wife with tears confessed everything.
At the premiere, however, the stage worker forgot to light a candle on the table before the curtain was opened. The prostitute slammed the scene for a long time, trying to figure out what to do with the unfortunate letter. Eventually, from the hopelessness of the situation, broke it into small pieces. The man who entered looked around the painting and, after a second of confusion, said, "I hear the smell of torn paper! “Lord, let me explain!”