Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...connected with our previous meeting. My neighbour in the theatre, who was a constant frequenter of the Comedie, told me the beautiful actress was Mademoiselle B, the idol of the pit. He " Hearken, Bajazet, I feel I love you." added that she was as great a favourite in society as on the boards, that M. le Due de La had made her the fashion and that she was on the highroad to eclipse Mademoiselle Lecouvreur. I was just leaving my seat after the performance when a "femme de chambre" handed me a note in which I found written in pencil the words: "Mademoiselle Roxane is waiting for you in her coach at the theatre door." I could not believe the missive was intended for me; and I asked the abigail who had delivered it if she was not mistaken in the recipient. "If I am mistaken," she replied confidently, "then you cannot be Monsieur de Tournebroche, that is all." I ran to the coach which stood waiting in front of the House, and inside I recognized Mademoiselle B, her head muffled in a black satin hood. She beckoned to me to get in, and when I was seated beside her: "Do you not," she asked me, "recognize Sophie, whom you rescued from drowning on the banks of the Seine?" "What! you! Sophie--Roxane--Mademoiselle B, is it possible?--" My confusion was extreme, but she appeared to view it without annoyance. "I saw you," she went on, "in one corner of the pit. I knew you instantly and played for you. Say, did I play well? I am so glad to see you again!--" She asked me news of M. l'Abbe Coignard, and when I told her my good master had just perished miserably, she burst into tears. She was good enough to inform me of the chief events of her life: "My aunt," she said, "used to mend her laces for Madame de Saint-Remi, who, as you must know, is an admirable...