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I have a message for you from a friend. You will find the street close to the Porte de Hal." And the man continued on his way, leaving Hugh in wonder. He had been on the point of turning from the boulevard into the Place de la Monnaie to obtain Dorise's long looked for letter. Indeed, he had been hastening his footsteps full of keen apprehension when the stranger had accosted him.
When I put one of them down on a table at the Cafe Tourtel the waiter shook his head and said, "La petite monnaie, s'il vous plait!" At another place where I put down a gold piece the waiter seized it as though it were a rare and wonderful thing, and then gave me all my change in paper, made up of new five franc notes issued by the Government.
At noon, as I was about to leave Brussels for Paris, a young man, a Frenchman, accosted me in the Place de la Monnaie and said: Monsieur, they tell me that you are Victor Hugo." "Yes." "Be so kind as to enlighten me. I would like to know whether it is prudent to go to Paris at present." "Monsieur, it is very imprudent, but you should go," was my reply. We entered France at 4 o'clock.
I played for the first time at the Theatre de la Monnaie, and I felt uncomfortable in that immense and frigid house. But the benevolent enthusiasm of the public soon warmed me, and I shall never forget the four performances I gave there. Then I set out for Copenhagen, where I was to give five performances at the Theatre Royal.
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