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No one knew exactly what was happening; every one brought forward his conjectures. The Committee was hardly seated in an adjoining little room when our ex-colleague, Leblond, was announced. He brought with him King the delegate of the working-men's societies. The delegate told us that the committee of the societies were sitting in permanent session, and had sent him to us.
He checked himself, as though ashamed of awarding such meed of praise to his ex-colleague. "But we must be goin'; orders strict. With your permission, sir, I will leave her with a guard of one man for to-night, and send the ambulance for her in the morning." He drew up his little file, saluted, and marched out into the rain and wind, with all the cheerfulness of a duck.
The smiling demagogue, who, by the by, was a fellow member of Brooke's, hailed his ex-colleague with a "Hullo, Strachey, what's going to happen to you?" "Oh, Lord Shelburne says he wants me to keep my office." "Then, by God, you're out!" Nobody, at that time, believed in Shelburne's good faith.
"Ah! then I know why your face from the first seemed familiar to me," said Marguerite, this time with unaffected cordiality. "I must have applauded you many a time in the olden days. I am an ex-colleague, you know. My name was St. Just before I married, and I was of the Maison Moliere." "I knew that," said Desiree Candeille, "and half hoped that you would remember me."
Favart came this morning to rehearse with me Booz Endormie. Then we went together to the Francais for the rehearsal for the performance of to-morrow. She acted Dona Sol very well indeed. Mme. During the rehearsal M. de Flavigny dropped in. I said to him: "Good morning, my dear ex-colleague." He looked at me, then with some emotion exclaimed: "Hello! is that you?"
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