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Shelley had revealed to me the unimagined skies where the spirit sings of light and grace; Gautier had shown me how extravagantly beautiful is the visible world and how divine is the rage of the flesh; and with Balzac I had descended circle by circle into the nether world of the soul, and watched its afflictions. Then there were minor awakenings.
If not, Mademoiselle could stay the night at the hotel, where a young lady would be perfectly well, and go to Madame her friend in the morning. But Betty was not minded to stay the night alone at the Hotel Bete. For one thing she had very little money, save that in the fat envelope addressed to Madame Gautier which her aunt had given her.
So it was "impudent" if you chose to take it so but most of the people did not choose to take it so and so brought a more quiet atmosphere and a happy change of tone. Theophile Gautier said that the voice was nearer the soul than any other expressive part of us. It is certainly a very striking indicator of the state of the soul.
Was not Gautier well advised when he said only art endures? There were other chronicles in plenty; there were the histories of AElius Maurus, of Marius Maximus, and that of Spartian, but they are lost.
In the meantime, Mr. Lablache, let me tell you, my experience leads me to trust largely to the story of that man. Gautier has sold me a good deal of excellent information in the past, and I am convinced that what I have now heard is not the least of his efforts in the law's behalf. Rascal scoundrel as he is, he would not dare to set me on a false scent "
No doubt the barbarous excesses of the followers of Gautier and Peter the Hermit made him look upon the whole body of them with disgust, but it was the disgust of a little mind, which is glad of any excuse to palliate or justify its own irresolution and love of ease. Godfrey of Bouillon traversed Hungary in the most quiet and orderly manner.
In a conversation which took place in 1862 between Goncourt and Théophile Gautier, Goncourt said: "We confessed to him our complete infirmity, our musical deafness we who, at the most, only liked military music." "Well," said Gautier, "what you tell me pleases me very much. I am like you; I prefer silence to music.
This holds especially true of politics. This is a matter upon which I feel easier in my mind than upon any other, and yet a great many people look upon me as being very lax. I cannot get out of my head the idea that perhaps the libertine is right after all and practises the true philosophy of life. This has led me to express too much admiration for such men as Sainte-Beuve and Théophile Gautier.
But I'll give you credit for trying to, if you'll go straight ahead. But first of all how long is it since you saw her?" "Nearly a month." "Well; she's disappeared. Her father and I got here last night. She's gone away and left no address. She was living with a Madame Gautier and " "Madame Gautier died last October," said Lady St. Craye "the twenty-fifth."
The reader will perhaps forgive the hackneyed references to Sir Thomas Browne peacefully writing his Religio Medici amid all the commotions of the Civil War, and to Gautier calmly correcting the proofs of his new poems during the siege of Paris. The milkman goes his rounds amid the crash of empires. It is not his business to fight.
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