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Updated: September 9, 2025
As to Mademoiselle de Chartres, whose character had as yet seemed much more masculine than feminine, she, in making a man of herself, as one may say, seemed to forget that other men existed, when, some days before the time at which we have arrived, being at the opera, and hearing her music master, Cauchereau, the finished and expressive singer of the Academic Royal, who, in a love scene, was prolonging a note full of the most exquisite grace and feeling, the young princess, carried away by artistic enthusiasm, stretched out her arms and cried aloud "Ah! my dear Cauchereau!"
"Mon Dieu!" said madame, rising, "remember that poor Cauchereau has, perhaps, nothing to do with it, and that he is even ignorant of the passion he has inspired." "Do not be afraid," replied the prince, laughing at the tragic interpretation which the princess, with her German ideas, had given to his words.
Madame told the regent the adventure of the opera, and the exclamation of the princess, in her admiration for the handsome tenor. "Diable!" cried the regent, "and what did you and the Duchesse d'Orleans do in your maternal council?" "We showed Cauchereau the door, and forbade the opera to Mademoiselle de Chartres; we could not do less."
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