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Quinault, who had retired to enjoy her immense fortune in private life, and Mlle. Dumesnil, the great tragédienne. When Mlle. Clairon received an offer to play alternately with the favorite, Mlle. Dumesnil, she selected as her opening part Phèdre, the rôle de triomphe of her rival.
Nelka joined the organization of the French Admiral's wife, Madame Dumesnil, doing refugee relief work. It was an interesting and exhilarating time in Constantinople. We saw and knew a number of very interesting people. We saw unusual situations and we were both very busy. Mr. Imbrie, with whom I worked, had as his assignment to undertake inspection tours.
Clairon's stately figure, the dignity and grace of her carriage, "her finely chiselled features, her noble brow, her air of command, her clear, deep, impassioned voice," made an immediate impression upon the audience. She was unanimously acknowledged as superior to Mlle. Dumesnil, and the entire social and literary world hastened to do her homage. Mlle.
"Yes, sir," said the clerk, casting a rueful and regretful glance at the door of the walled-up house. "But make haste, will you, M. Piston," said the notary. "I do not know, sir, where to get any stamped paper." "Here is the guardian," replied M. Dumesnil. "He will no doubt be able to tell you." At this instant, Samuel was returning, after showing the masons out by the street-door.
"I am sent by M. Dumesnil, the notary," answered the clerk, "to be present at the unwalling of a door. Here is a letter from my master, addressed to M. Samuel, guardian of the house." "I am he, sir," said the Jew; "please to put the letter through the slide, and I will take it."
"This course is, in fact, directed by the note which accompanies the will," said M. Dumesnil, "as it was deposited, in the year 1682, in the hands of Master Thomas Le Semelier, king's counsel, and notary of the Chatelet of Paris, then living at No. 13, Place Royale."
He was fair, small and clean-shaven, wore spectacles, and had the look of a clerk or man of business. 'Yes, I shall, cried the other violently his name was Dumesnil 'I'll fling it at their heads. That's all our school can do make a scandal. 'Well, that has even been known to make money, said the other, fingering his watch-chain with a disagreeable little smile.
"I am sent by M. Dumesnil, the notary," answered the clerk, "to be present at the unwalling of a door. Here is a letter from my master, addressed to M. Samuel, guardian of the house." "I am he, sir," said the Jew; "please to put the letter through the slide, and I will take it."
"Those are our best, madam!" "Well, sir, I have got a bright idea." "You don't say so, ma'am!" "Don't be a brute, dear!" said the lady gravely. Triplet stared! "When I was in France, taking lessons of Dumesnil, one of the actors of the Theatre Francais had his portrait painted by a rising artist. The others were to come and see it.
The opera and the Italians I occasionally visited; but the French theatre, both in tragedy and comedy, was my daily and favourite amusement. Two famous actresses then divided the public applause. For my own part, I preferred the consummate art of the Claron, to the intemperate sallies of the Dumesnil, which were extolled by her admirers, as the genuine voice of nature and passion.
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