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Those yellow eyes had surely looked into her soul, and knew that she had brought Claude to Algeria in order that some day he might come forth as the rival of Jacques Sennier. Almost she felt guilty. She made a strong effort, and turned the conversation to the subject of the Paradis Terrestre, expressing her enthusiasm for it.
Charmian was overjoyed. Max Elliot, Lady Mildred Burnington, Margot and Kit Drake, Paul Lane, all her acquaintances, in fact, were already "raving" about Jacques Sennier, without knowing him, and about his opera, without having heard it. Sensation, success, they were in the air. Not to go to this première would be a disaster.
Margot had returned from America more enthusiastic, more engouée than ever. She had been as straw to the flame of American enthusiasm. All her individuality seemed to have been burnt out of her. She was at present only a sort of receptacle for Sennier-mania. In dress, hair, manner, and even gesture, she strove to reproduce Madame Sennier.
"I knew I was not quite such a fool as your husband certainly thought me." "Jacques is a mere baby outside of his art." "Si?" "That is why I have to think for him very often. Which of the libretti has Mr. Heath bought?" "It is not one of those I had the honor of showing to Monsieur Sennier." "Really? You have written another specially for Mr. Heath?" "I wrote another to please myself.
Shiffney was, musically speaking of course, in love with Jacques Sennier. Since Wagner there had been nobody to play upon feminine nerves as the little Frenchman played, to take women "out of themselves." As a well-known society woman said, with almost pathetic frankness, "When one hears Sennier's music one wants to hold hands with somebody." Apparently Mrs.
As she thought more about what had happened a storm of jealousy swept through her heart. "That's not true or fair what you imply!" said Claude. "I never Mrs. Shiffney is absolutely nothing to me nothing!" "Do you understand now that she got the libretto in order to show it to Madame Sennier?" "Did Gillier ever say so?" "Of course not!
"Sell it back to him for one hundred pounds. He also said he was very poor. Do you put the two things together?" "You think he fancies " "No. I am sure he knows he could resell it at an advance to Jacques Sennier. Those two Mrs. Shiffney and Madame Sennier went to Constantine with the intention of finding out what you were doing." "Absurd!" "Is it? Just tell me! Wasn't it Mrs.
Madame Sennier would never be taken by the Devil because she was the hindmost. That was certain. Max Elliot began to talk to Sennier and Mrs. Shiffney. Susan Fleet went over to sit with them. And Charmian had an opportunity for conversation with Madame Sennier. She secretly shrank from her, yet she longed to be more intimate with her, to learn something from her.
"But I have never even thought " "No, no. But now he's here, and thinks so much of the libretto, and wants to see you, it would be absurd of us to pretend that he could not be of great use to us. I mean, to pretend to ourselves. Of course if he would take it it would be too splendid." "He never will." "Why not? Covent Garden took Sennier's opera." "I'm not a Sennier unfortunately."
Heath, whatever you may say, your strongest instinct is a selfish one, the instinct of self-preservation." What was Jacques Sennier's strongest instinct? Madame Sennier had made a powerful impression on Heath, and he had been greatly flattered by the deep attention with which she had listened to what he had to say about her husband's opera.
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