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After this we talked for some time, like two friends who meet again, for this man was charming and very fascinating, in spite of his ugliness. When I left him we were friends and delighted with each other. I was playing in Ruy Blas that night at the Odeon. Towards ten o'clock Duquesnel came to my dressing-room. "You were rather rough on that poor Chilly," he said. "And you really were not nice.
News of the declaration of war reached Louisbourg some weeks before it reached Boston, and the French military Governor, Duquesnel, thought he saw an opportunity to strike an unexpected blow for the profit of France and his own great honor. When Duquesnel heard of the declaration of war, his first thought was to strike some blow before the English were warned.
I had scarcely spoken to Chilly since our last scene. On the night in question he was placed at my right, and we had to get reconciled. I was seated to the right of Victor Hugo, and to his left was Madame Lambquin, who was playing the Camerara Mayor, and Duquesnel was next to Madame Lambquin.
I have not arranged with the Odeon for the date of its performance. I am waiting for Duquesnel for the final reading. And then I expect Pauline Viardot about the 20th of September, and I hope Tourgueneff too, won't you come also? it would be so nice and so complete!
Listen to this: in the very beginning, your play was to come after Aisse; then it was agreed that it should come BEFORE. Now Chilly and Duquesnel want it to come after, simply and solely "to profit by the occasion," to profit by my poor Bouilhet's death. They will give you a "sort of compensation." Well, I am the owner and the master of Aisse just as if I were the author, and I do not want that.
"Courage, mes enfants, for the house has gone mad," they said. "We will commence anyhow, let what will happen." "I'm afraid I shall faint," I said to Duquesnel. My hands were as cold as ice, and my heart was beating wildly. "What am I to do," I asked him, "if I get too frightened?" "There's nothing to be done," he replied. "Be frightened, but go on playing, and don't faint upon any account!"
The affair was so serious that though order was restored, some of the officers lost all confidence in the soldiers; and this distrust proved most unfortunate during the siege. The Governor, Chevalier Duchambon, successor of Duquesnel, who had died in the autumn, was not a man to grapple with a crisis, being deficient in decision of character, if not in capacity. He expected an attack.
I began to grind my teeth, and only the remembrance of my promise to Camille Doucet prevented me from going away. Finally Duquesnel appeared and took me across to the manager's office. "You will now see the other ogre," he said, and I pictured to myself the other ogre as charming as his partner. I was therefore greatly disappointed on seeing a very ugly little man, whom I recognised as Chilly.
I shall make you pay damages." As I felt in a bad humour, I turned my back on him, and apologised as feebly as possible to Duquesnel. He was hurt, and I was a little ashamed, for this man had given me nothing but proofs of kindliness, and it was he who, in spite of Chilly and many other unwilling people, had held the door open for my future.
"No," she said, "but it is just as though I were." "Well, yes, you are right. Read it quickly," he continued, "and then sign or leave it alone, but be quick." I felt the colour coming into my face, for this man was odious. Duquesnel whispered to me, "There's no ceremony about him, but he's a good fellow; don't take offence." I signed my contract and handed it to his ugly partner.
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