I become a fully fledged employéBad playsThibautMy studies with himWhere they have been of use to meAmaury and the consumptivesMy readingWalter ScottCooperByronThe pleasure of eating sauerkraut at the Parthenon. 1
Byron's childhoodHis grief at being lameMary DuffThe Malvern fortune-tellerHow Byron and Robert Peel became acquaintedMiss ParkerMiss ChaworthVerses on her portraitMrs. MustersLady MorganEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersByron's letters to his motherHe takes his seat in the House of Lords. 3
Byron at LisbonHow he quarrelled with his own countrymenHis poem Childe HaroldHis fits of mad folly and subsequent depressionHis marriageHis conjugal squabblesHe again quits EnglandHis farewell to wife and childHis life and amours at VeniceHe sets out for GreeceHis arrival at MissolonghiHis illness and death. 21
Usurped celebrityM. Lemercier and his worksRacan's white hareLe Fiesque by M. AncelotThe Romantic artists SchefferDelacroixSigalonSchnetzCoignietBoulanger GéricaultLa Méduse in the artist's studioLord Byron's funeral obsequies in EnglandSheridan's body claimed for debt. 42
My mother comes to live with meA Duc de Chartres born to meChateaubriand and M. de VillèleEpistolary brevityRe-establishment of the CensorshipA King of France should never be illBulletins of the health of Louis XVIII.His last moments and deathOde by Victor HugoM. Torbet and Napoleon's tombLa Fayette's voyage to AmericaThe ovations showered upon him. 54
Tallancourt and BetzThe café HollandaisMy Quiroga cloakFirst challengeA lesson in shootingThe eve of my duelAnalysis of my sensationsMy opponent fails to keep his appointmentThe seconds hunt him outThe duelTallancourt and the mad dog. 65
The Duc d'Orléans is given the title of Royal HighnessThe coronation of Charles X.Account of the ceremony by Madame la Duchesse d'OrléansDeath of Ferdinand of NaplesDe La ville de MiremontLe Cid d'AndalousieM. Pierre LebrunA reading at the camp at CompiègneM. Taylor is appointed a royal commissioner to the Théâtre-FrançaisThe curé BergeronM. ViennetTwo of his lettersPichat and his Léonidas. 75
Death of General FoyHis funeralThe Royal HighnessAssassination of Paul-Louis CourierDeath of the Emperor AlexanderComparison of England and RussiaThe reason why these two powers have increased during the last centuryHow Napoleon meant to conquer India. 87
The Emperor AlexanderLetter from Czar Nicolas to KaramsineHistory after the style of Suetonius and Saint-SimonCatherine and PotemkinMadame BraniskaThe cost of the imperial cab-driveA ball at M. de Caulaincourt'sThe man with the pipeThe emperor's boatman and coachman. 100
Alexander leaves St. PetersburgHis presentiments of his deathThe two stars seen at TaganrogThe emperor's illnessHis last momentsHow they learnt of his death in St. PetersburgThe Grand-Duke ConstantineHis character and tastesWhy he renounced his right to the imperial throneJeannette Groudzenska. 115
Rousseau and RomieuConversation with the porterThe eight hours' candleThe Deux MagotsAt what hour one should wind up one's watchM. le sous-préfet enjoys a jokeHenry MonnierA paragraph of informationOn suppersOn cigars. 131
The lanternLe Chasse et l'AmourRousseau's part in itThe couplet about the hareThe couplet de factureHow there may be hares and haresReception at l'AmbiguMy first receipts as an authorWho Porcher wasWhy no one might say anything against Mélesville. 144
The success of my first playMy three storiesM. Marle and his orthographyMadame SetierA bad speculationThe Pâtre, by MontvoisinThe OreillerMadame Desbordes-ValmoreHow she became a poetessMadame Amable TastuThe Dernier jour de l'annéeZéphire. 160
Talma's illnessHow he would have acted TassoHis nephewsHe receives a visit from M. de QuélenWhy his children renounced his faithHis deathLa Noce et l'EnterrementOudard lectures me on my fondness for theatre-goingThe capital reply that put the Palais-Royal in a gay humourI still keep the confidence of Lassagne and de la PonceI obtain a success anonymously at the Porte-Saint-Martin. 173
Soulié at the mechanical saw-millHis platonic love of goldI desire to write a drama with himI translate FiesqueDeath of Auguste LafargeMy pay is increased and my position loweredFélix Deviolaine, condemned by the medical faculty, is saved by illnessLouis XI. à PéronneTalma's theatrical wardrobeThe loi de justice et d'amourThe disbanding of the National Guard. 187
English actors in ParisLiterary importationsTrente Ans, or la Vie d'un JoueurThe Hamlet of Kemble and Miss SmithsonA bas-relief of Mademoiselle de FauveauVisit to Frédéric SouliéHe declines to write Christine with meA night attackI come across Adèle d'Alvin once moreI spend the night au violon. 198
Future landmarksCompliments to the Duc de BordeauxVotesCauchois-Lemaire's Orléaniste brochureThe lake of EnghienColonel Bro's parrotDoctor FerrusMorriselA tip-top funeral cortègeHunting in full cryAn autopsyExplanation of the death of the parrot. 207
Barthélemy and MéryM. Éliça GallayMéry the draught-player and anatomistL'Épître à Sidi MahmoudThe Ponthieu librarySouléThe VilléliadeBarthélemy the printerMéry the improvisatorThe Voux de la nouvelle annéeThe pastiche of Lucrèce. 223
I pass from the Secretarial Department to the Record OfficeM. BichetWherein I resemble PironMy spare timeM. Pieyre and M. Parseval de GrandmaisonA scene missing in DistraitLa PeyrouseA success all to myself. 239
The painter LethièreBrutus unveiled by M. PonsardMadame HannemannGohierAndrieuxRenaudDesgenettesLarrey, Augereau and the Egyptian mummySoldiers of the new schoolMy dramatic educationI enter the offices of the Forestry DepartmentThe cupboard full of empty bottlesThree days away from the officeAm summoned before M. Deviolaine. 250
Conclusion of ChristineA patron, after a fashionNodier recommends me to TaylorThe Royal Commissary and the author of HécubeSemi-official reading before TaylorOfficial reading before the CommitteeI am received with acclamationThe intoxication of successHow history is writtenM. Deviolaine's incredulityPicard's opinions concerning my playNodier's opinionSecond reading at the Théâtre-Français and definite acceptance. 262
Cordelier-DelanoueA sitting of the AthénéeM. VillenaveHis familyThe one hundred and thirty-two NantaisCathelineauThe hunt aux bleusForestA chapter of historySauveurThe Royalist CommitteeSouchuThe miraculous tombCarrier. 278
M. Villenave's houseThe master's despotic ruleThe savant's coquetryDescription of the sanctuary of the man of scienceI am admitted, thanks to an autograph of BuonaparteThe crevice in the wallThe eight thousand foliosThe pastel by LatourVoyages of discovery for an Elzevir or a FaustThe fall of the portrait and the death of the original. 292
First representation of Soulié's Roméo et JulietteAnaïs and LockroyWhy French actresses cannot act JulietThe studies of the ConservatoireA second Christine at the Théâtre-FrançaisM. Évariste Dumoulin and Madame ValmonzeyConspiracy against meI give up my turn to have my play producedHow I found the subject of Henri III.My opinion of that play. 308
The reading of Henri III. at M. Villenave's and M. Roqueplan'sAnother reading at Firmin'sBéranger is presentA few words about his influence and popularityEffect produced by my dramaReception by the Comédie-FrançaiseStruggle for the distribution of partsM. de Broval's ultimatumConvicted of the crime of poetry I appeal to the Duc d'OrléansHis Royal Highness withholds my salaryM. Laffitte lends me three thousand francsCondemnation of Béranger. 318
The Duc d'Orléans has my salary stoppedA scribbler (folliculaire)Henri III. and the CensorshipMy mother is seized with paralysisCazalEdmond HalphenA call on the Duc d'OrléansFirst night of Henri III.Effect is produced on M. DeviolaineM. de Broval's congratulations. 328
The day following my victoryHenri III. is interdictedI obtain an audience with M. de MartignacHe removes the interdiction-Les hommes-obstaclesThe Duc d'Orléans sends for me into his boxHis talk with Charles X. on the subject of my dramaAnother scribblerVisit to CarrelGosset's shooting-box and pistols No. 5An impossible duel. 341
The ArsenalNodier's houseThe master's profileThe congress of bibliophilesThe three candlesDebureauMademoiselle Mars and MerlinNodier's familyHis friendsIn which houses I am at my bestThe salon of the ArsenalNodier as a teller of talesThe ball and the warming-pan. 351
Oudard transmits to me the desires of the Duc d'OrléansI am appointed assistant librarianHow this saved His Highness four hundred francsRivalry with Casimir DelavignePetition of the Classical School against Romantic productionsLetter of support from Mademoiselle DuchesnoisA fantastic danceThe person who called Racine a blackguardFine indignation of the ConstitutionnelFirst representation of Marino Faliero 365
MesmerismExperiment during a tranceI submit to being mesmerisedMy observation upon itI myself start to mesmeriseExperiment made in a diligenceAnother experiment in the house of the procureur de la République of JoignyLittle Marie D****Her political predictionsI cure her of fear. 380
Fresh trials of newspaper editorsThe Mouton-enragéFontanHarel's witticism concerning himThe Fils de l'Homme before the Police CourtThe author pleads his cause in verseM. Guillebert's prosePrison charges at Sainte-PélagieEmbarrassment of the Duc d'Orléans about a historical portraitThe two usurpations. 395
The things that are the greatest enemies to the success of a playThe honesty of Mademoiselle Mars as an actressHer dressing-roomThe habitués at her supper-partiesVatoutDenniéeBecquetMornayMademoiselle Mars in her own homeHer last days on the stageMaterial result of the success of Henri III.My first speculationThe recasting of ChristineWhere I looked for my inspirationTwo other ideas. 408
Victor HugoHis birthHis motherLes Chassebouf and les CornetCaptain HugoThe signification of his nameVictor's godfatherThe Hugo family in CorsicaM. Hugo is called to Naples by Joseph BonaparteHe is appointed colonel and governor of the province of AvellinoRecollections of the poet's early childhoodFra DiavoloJoseph, King of SpainColonel Hugo is made a general, count, marquis and major-domoThe Archbishop of TarragonaMadame Hugo and her children in ParisThe convent of Feuillantines. 420
Departure for SpainJourney from Paris to BayonneThe treasureOrder of march of the convoyM. du SaillantM. de CotadillaIrunErnaniSalinasThe battalion of écloppés (cripples)Madame Hugo's supplies of provisionsThe forty Dutch grenadiersMondragonThe precipiceBurgosCeladasAlerteThe queen's review. 435
SegoviaM. de TillyThe AlcazarThe doubloonsThe castle of M. de la Calprenède and that of a Spanish grandeeThe bourdaloueOteroThe Dutchmen againThe GuadarramaArrival at MadridThe palace of MasseranoThe cometThe CollegeDon Manoël and Don BazilioTacitus and PlautusLilloThe winter of 1812 to 1813The EmpecinadoThe glass of eau sucréeThe army of merinoesReturn to Paris. 450
The college and the garden of the FeuillantinesGrenadier or generalVictor Hugo's first appearance in publicHe obtains honourable mention at the Academy examinationHe carries off three prizes in the Jeux FlorauxHan d'IslandeThe poet and the bodyguardHugo's marriageThe Odes et BalladesProposition made by cousin Cornet. 466
LéopoldineThe opinions of the son of the VendéenneThe Delon conspiracyHugo offers Delon shelterLouis XVIII. bestows a pension of twelve hundred francs on the author of the Odes et BalladesThe poet at the office of the director-general des postesHow he learns the existence of the cabinet noirHe is made a chevalier of the Legion d'honneurBeauchesne-Bug-JargalThe Ambassador of Austria's soiréeOde à la ColonneCromwellHow Marion Delorme was written. 480
Reading of Marion Delorme at the house of DevériaSteeplechase of directorsMarion Delorme is stopped by the CensorshipHugo obtains an audience with Charles X.His drama is definitely interdictedThey send him the brevet of a pension, which he declinesHe sets to work on Hernani and completes it in twenty-four days. 496
The invasion of barbariansRehearsals of HernaniMademoiselle Mars and the lines about the lionThe scene over the portraitsHugo takes away from Mademoiselle Mars the part of Doña SolMichelot's flattering complaisance to the publicThe quatrain about the cupboardJoanny. 507
Alfred de VignyThe man and his worksHarel, the manager at the OdéonDownfall of Soulié's ChristineParenthesis about LassaillyLetter of Harel, with preface by myself and postscript by SouliéI read my Christine at the OdéonHarel asks me to put it into proseFirst representation of the More de VeniseThe actors and the papers. 521
Citizen-general BarrasDoctor Cabarrus introduces me to himBarras's only two regretsHis dinnersThe Princess de Chimay's footmanFauche-BorelThe Duc de Bordeaux makes a messHistory lesson given to an ambassadorWalter Scott and BarrasThe last happiness of the old directeurHis death. 535
BOOK I
CHAPTER I
Mademoiselle Georges' houseHarel and Jules JaninYoung Tom and PopolThe latter's prayer against choleraGeorges' Oriental style of livingHer cleanlinessHarel's fault to the contraryTwenty-four thousand francs flung out of the windowSaint AnthonyPiaff-PiaffHis dissolutenessHis deathHis funeral oration 1
CHAPTER II
M. Briffaut, Censor and AcademicianHistory of Ninus II.M. de LourdoueixThe idea of AntonyThe piece received by the Français is stopped by the CensorshipThe Duc de ChartresNegotiations for his presence with that of his two brothers at the first representation of ChristineLouëtAn autograph of the Prince Royal 9
CHAPTER III
The first representation of HernaniThe old ace of spadesThe old man has a quarrelParodiesOrigin of the story of Cabrion and of PipeletEugène Sue and DesmaresSoulié returns to meHe offers me fifty of his workmen in the capacity of applaudersFirst representation of ChristineA supper at my lodgingsHugo and de Vigny correct the objectionable lines 23
CHAPTER IV
A passing cabMadame Dorval in the IncendiaireTwo actressesThe Duc d'Orléans asks for the Cross of the Legion of Honour on my behalfHis recommendation has no effectM. EmpisMadame Lafond's SalonMy costume as ArnauteMadame MalibranBrothers and sisters in Art 34
CHAPTER V
Why the Duc d'Orléans' recommendation on the subject of my croix d'honneur failedThe indemnity of a milliardLa Fayette's journey to AuvergneHis reception at Grenoble, Vizille and at LyonsCharles X.'s journey to AlsaceVarennes and NancyOpening of the ChambersThe royal speech and the Address of the 221Article 14The conquest of Algiers and the recapture of our Rhine frontiers 44
CHAPTER VI
The soirée on 31 May 1830 at the Palais-RoyalThe King of NaplesA question of etiquetteHow the King of France ought to be addressedThe real Charles X.M. de SalvandyThe first flames of the volcanoThe Duc de Chartres sends me to inquire into the commotionAlphonse SignolI tear him from the clutches of a soldier of the Garde royalHis irritation and threatsThe volcano nothing but a fire of straw 54
CHAPTER VII
A pressing affairOne witness lost, and two foundRochefortSignol at the Théâtre des ItaliensHe insults Lieutenant MarulazThe two swordsThe duelSignol is killedVictorine and le ChiffonnierDeath steps in 61
BOOK II
CHAPTER I
Alphonse KarrThe cuirassierThe medal for life saving and the Cross of the Légion d'honneurKarr's home at MontmartreSous les tilleuls and the criticsThe taking of AlgiersM. Dupin seniorWhy he did not write his MemoirsSigning of the Ordinances of JulyReasons that prevented my going to Algiers 67
CHAPTER II
The third storey of No. 7 in the rue de l'UniversitéThe first results of the OrdinancesThe café du RoiÉtienne AragoFrançois AragoThe AcademyLa BourseLe Palais-RoyalMadame de LeuvenJourney in search of her husband and sonProtest of the journalistsNames of the signatories 77
CHAPTER III
The morning of July 27Visit to my motherPaul FoucherAmy RobsartArmand CarrelThe office of the TempsBaudeThe Commissary of PoliceThe three locksmithsThe office of the NationalCadet GassicourtColonel GourgaudM. de RémusatPhysiognomy of the passers-by 86
CHAPTER IV
Doctor ThibautThe Government of Gérard and MortemartÉtienne Arago and Mazue, the Superintendent of PoliceThe café GobillardFire at the guard-house in the place de la BourseThe first barricadesThe night 97
CHAPTER V
The morning of the 27thJoubertCharles TesteLa Petite JacobinièreChemist RobinetThe arms used in Sergent MathieuPillage of an armourer's storesThe three Royal GuardsA tall and fair young manOudard's fears 105
CHAPTER VI
The aspect of the rue de RichelieuCharrasL'École polytechniqueThe head with the wigThe café of the Porte Saint-HonoréThe tricoloured flagI become head of a troopMy landlord gives me noticeA gentleman who distributes powderThe captain of the 15th Light Infantry 114
CHAPTER VII
The attack on the Hôtel de VilleRoutI take refuge at M. Lethière'sThe newsMy landlord becomes generousGeneral La FayetteTaschereauBérangerThe list of the Provisional GovernmentHonest mistake of the Constitutionnel 125
CHAPTER VIII
Invasion of the Artillery MuseumArmour of François I.Charles IX.'s arquebuseLa place de l'OdéonWhat Charras had been doingThe uniform of the École polytechniqueMillotteThe prison MontaiguThe barracks of l'EstrapadeD'HostelA BonapartistRiding-master ChopinLothonThe general in command 134
CHAPTER IX
Aspect of the LouvreFight on the Pont des ArtsThe dead and woundedA cannon ball for myselfMadame Guyet-DesfontainesReturn from the Babylone barracksCharras's cockadeThe taking of the TuileriesA copy of ChristineQuadrille danced in the Tuileries courtThe men who made the Revolution of 1830 149
BOOK III
CHAPTER I
I go in search of OudardThe house at the corner of the rue de RohanOudard is with LaffitteDegouséeGeneral Pajol and M. DupinThe officers of the 53rd RegimentInterior of Laffitte's salonPanicA deputation comes to offer La Fayette the command of ParisHe acceptsÉtienne Arago and the tricoloured cockadeHistory of the Hôtel de Ville from eight in the morning to half-past three in the afternoon 164
CHAPTER II
General La Fayette at the Hôtel de VilleCharras and his men"The Prunes of Monsieur"The Municipal CommissionIts first ActCasimir Périer's bankGeneral GérardThe Duc de ChoiseulWhat happened at Saint-CloudThe three negotiatorsIt is too lateM. d'Argout with Laffitte 175
CHAPTER III
Alexander de la BordeOdilon BarrotColonel DumoulinHippolyte BonnelierMy studyA note in Oudard's handwritingThe Duc de Chartres is arrested at MontrougeThe danger he incurred and how he was savedI propose to go to Soissons to fetch gunpowderI procure my commission from General GérardLa Fayette draws up a proclamation for meThe painter bardM. Thiers to the fore once more 187
CHAPTER IV
Gee up, Polignac!André MarchaisPost-master at BourgetI display the Tricolour on my carriageBard joins meM. Cunin-GridaineOld LevasseurStruggle with himI blow out his brains!Two old acquaintancesThe terror of Jean-LouisOur halt at Villers-CotteretsHutinSupper with Paillet 203
CHAPTER V
Arrival at SoissonsStrategic preparationsReconnaissance round the magazineHutin and Bard plant the tricolour flag upon the cathedralI climb the wall of the powder magazineCaptain MollardSergeant RagonLieutenant-Colonel d'OrcourtParleys with themThey promise me neutrality 217
CHAPTER VI
How matters had proceeded with the sacristanThe four-inch gunBard as gunnerThe commander of the fortLieutenant TingaM. de LenfernaM. BonvilliersMadame de LinièresThe revolt of the negroesThe conditions upon which the commander of the fort signed the orderM. MoreauM. QuinetteThe Mayor of SoissonsBard and the green plums 224
CHAPTER VII
The Mayor of SoissonsThe excise-office powderM. Jousselin The hatchet belonging to the warehouse-keeperM. QuinetteI break open the door of the powder magazineTriumphant exit from SoissonsM. Mennesson attempts to have me arrestedThe Guards of the Duc d'OrléansM. BoyerReturn to Paris"Those devils of Republicans!" 234
CHAPTER VIII
First Orléanist proclamationMM. Thiers and Scheffer go to NeuillyThe evening at Saint-CloudCharles X. revokes the OrdinancesRepublican deputation at the Hôtel de VilleM. de SussyAudry de PuyraveauRepublican proclamationLa Fayette's reply to the Duc de MortemartCharras and Mauguin 245
CHAPTER IX
Philippe VII.How Béranger justified himself for having helped to make a KingThe Duc d'Orléans during the three daysHis arrival in Paris on the evening of the 30thHe sends for M. de MortemartUnpublished letter by him to Charles X.Benjamin Constant and LaffitteDeputation of the Chamber to the Palais-RoyalM. SébastianiM. de TalleyrandThe Duc d'Orléans accepts the Lieutenant-Generalship of the KingdomCurious papers found at the Tuileries 239
CHAPTER X
The Duc d'Orléans goes to the Hôtel de VilleM. Laffitte in his sedan-chairThe king sans culotteTardy manifestation of the Provisional GovernmentOdilon Barrot sleeps on a milestoneAnother Balthasar GérardThe Duc d'Orléans is received by La FayetteA superb voiceFresh appearance of general DubourgThe balcony of the Hôtel de VilleThe road to Joigny 276
BOOK IV
CHAPTER I
M. Thiers' way of writing historyRepublicans at the Palais-RoyalLouis-Philippe's first ministryCasimir Périer's cunningMy finest dramaLothon and CharrasA sword-thrustThe posting-master of Bourget once moreLa FèreLieutenant-Colonel DuriveauLothon and General La Fayette 284
CHAPTER II
Letter of Charles X. to the Duc d'OrléansA conjuring trickReturn of the Duc de Chartres to the Palais-RoyalBourbons and ValoisAbdication of Charles X.Preparations for the expedition of RambouilletAn idea of HarelThe scene-shifters of the OdéonNineteen persons in one fiacreDistribution of arms at the Palais-RoyalColonel Jacqueminot 309
CHAPTER III
Mission of four commissioners to Charles X.General PajolHe is appointed commander of the Paris VolunteersCharras offers to be his aide-de-campThe map of Seine-et-OiseThe spiesThe hirer of carriagesRations of breadD'ArpentignyThe taking of the artillery of Saint-CyrHalt at CognièresM. Detours 320
CHAPTER IV
Boyer the CruelThe ten thousand rations of breadGeneral Exelmans and CharrasThe concierge at the prefecture of VersaillesM. AubernonColonel PoqueInterview of Charles X. with MM. de Schonen, Odilon Barrot and Marshal MaisonThe Royal Family leave RambouilletPanicThe crown jewelsReturn to Paris 332
CHAPTER V
Harel's ideaIt is suggested I should compose La ParisienneAuguste BarbierMy state of morals after the Three DaysI turn solicitorBreakfast with General La FayetteMy interview with himAn indiscreet questionThe Marquis de FavrasA letter from MonsieurMy commission
CHAPTER VI
Léon PilletHis uniformSoissonnais susceptibilityHard returns to the charge with his playI set out for la VendéeThe quarryI obtain pardon for a coiner condemned to the galleysMy stay at MeursCommandant BourgeoisDisastrous effect of the tricolours in le BocageFresh proofs that a kindness done is never lost 354
CHAPTER VII
A warning to Parisian sportsmenClissonThe château of M. LemotMy guideThe Vendean columnThe battle of TorfouTwo omitted namesPiffangesTibulle and the LoireGilles de LavalHis edifying deathMeans taken to engrave a remembrance on the minds of children 368
CHAPTER VIII
Le BocageIts deep lanes and hedgesThe Chouan tacticsVendean horses and ridersVendean politicsThe Marquis de la Bretèche and his farmersThe means I suggested to prevent a fresh ChouannerieThe tottering stoneI leave la JarrieAdieux to my guide 376
CHAPTER IX
The Nantes RevolutionRégnierPaimboufLandlords and travellersJacometyThe native of la Guadeloupe and his wifeGull shootingAxiom for sea-bird shootingThe captain of la PaulineWoman and swallowLovers' superstitionGetting under sail 384
CHAPTER X
Story of Bougainville and his friend the curé of Boulogne 392
CHAPTER XI
Breakfast on deckSaint-NazaireA thing husbands never think ofNoirmontiers Belle-IleI leave the two PaulinesThe rope-ladderThe ship's boatA total immersionThe inn at Saint-NazaireI throw money through the windowA batch of clothesReturn to Paris 409
BOOK V
CHAPTER I
Confidential letter from Louis-Philippe to the Emperor NicholasThe Czar's replyWhat France could do after the Revolution of JulyLouis-Philippe and Ferdinand VII.The Spanish refugeesReaction in the Home departmentScraping of the public monumentsProtest 418
CHAPTER II
The drama of Saint-LeuThe bravery of the Duc d'AumaleThe arrest of MM. Peyronnet, Chantelauze, Guernon-Ranville and PolignacMadame de Saint-Fargeau's servantThomas and M. de PolignacThe ex-ministers at VincennesThe abolition of the death penalty in the ChamberLa FayetteM. de KératrySalverteDeath to the ministersVive Odilon Barrot and Pétion! 429
CHAPTER III
Oudard tells me that Louis-Philippe wishes to see meVisit to M. DeviolaineHutin, supernumerary horse-guardsmanMy interview with the king about la Vendée and the policy of juste milieuBixio an artillerymanHe undertakes to get me enrolled in his batteryI send in my resignation to Louis-Philippe 443
CHAPTER IV
First performance of la Mère et la FilleI have supper with Harel after the performanceHarel imprisons me after supperI am sentenced to eight days' enforced work at NapoléonOn the ninth day the piece is read to the actors and I am set at libertyThe rehearsalsThe actor CharlesHis story about Nodier 457
CHAPTER V
I am officially received into the Artillery Corps of the National GuardAntony is put under rehearsal at the Théâtre-FrançaisIll-will of the actorsTreaty between Hugo and the manager of the Porte-Saint-MartinFirmin's proposition and confidenceMademoiselle Mars' dresses and the new gas lightsI withdraw Antony from the Théâtre-FrançaisI offer Dorval the part of Adèle 472
CHAPTER VI
My agreements with DorvalI read AntonyHer impressions She makes me alter the last act there and thenMerle's roomBocage as artistBocage as negotiatorReading to M. CrosnierHe falls into a profound slumberThe play nevertheless is accepted
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