CHAPTER VIII.
Charles Kemble—His Daughter's Tragedy of "Francis the
First"—Recollections of John Kemble—The Opera—Count Ory—Sir A.
Barnard—Secret of Happiness—Visit to Mademoiselle Mars—Her Residence
described—Memorial of her Theatrical Career—The Duchesse de la
Force—Madame Grassini—Anecdote of her—Visit to Orsay—Its
Situation—The Princesse de Croy—Hamlet of Palaiseau—Drama of La Pie
Voteuse—Family of the Duc de Guiche—The Vaudeville Théâtre—Scribe's
Avant, Pendant, el Après—Its Dangerous Tendency—French
Ambition—Parisian Shopkeepers—Their Officious Conduct, 78.