"I am more than that, monsieur ... I am wonder-struck." "Very well, you must come and see me again, and ask for more seats."
"Alas! Monsieur Talma, I leave Paris to-morrow or the day after at latest."
"That is a pity! you might have seen me in Régulus. ... You know I have put Régulus on the bill for the day after to-morrow, Lucien?"
"Yes," Lucien replied.
"And cannot you stop till the evening of the day after to-morrow?"
"Impossible: I have to return to the provinces."
"What do you do in the provinces?"
"I dare not tell you: lama lawyer's clerk ..."
And I heaved a deep sigh.
"Bah!" said Talma, "you must not give way to despair on that account! Corneille was clerk to a procurator!... Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to a future Corneille."