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Robert le Diable.

           

           Danglarshad,however,protestedagainstshowinghimselfinaministerialbox,declaringthathispoliticalprinciples,andhisparliamentarypositionasmemberoftheoppositionpartywouldnotpermithimsotocommithimself;thebaronesshad,therefore,despatchedanotetoLucienDebray,biddinghimcallforthem,itbeingwhollyimpossibleforhertogoalonewithEugenietotheopera.Thereisnogainsayingthefactthataveryunfavorableconstructionwouldhavebeenputuponthecircumstanceifthetwowomenhadgonewithoutescort,whiletheadditionofathird,inthepersonofhermother’sadmittedlover,enabledMademoiselleDanglarstodefymaliceandill-nature.Onemusttaketheworldasonefindsit.

           Thecurtainrose,asusual,toanalmostemptyhouse,itbeingoneoftheabsurditiesofParisianfashionnevertoappearattheoperauntilafterthebeginningoftheperformance,sothatthefirstactisgenerallyplayedwithouttheslightestattentionbeingpaidtoit,thatpartoftheaudiencealreadyassembledbeingtoomuchoccupiedinobservingthefresharrivals,whilenothingisheardbutthenoiseofopeningandshuttingdoors,andthebuzzofconversation."Surely,"saidAlbert,asthedoorofaboxonthefirstcircleopened,"thatmustbetheCountessG."

           "AndwhoistheCountessG?"inquiredChateau–Renaud.

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