"Well, what do you think of it, Bocage?" Dorval asked, directly I had pronounced the concluding words, "She resisted me, so I killed her!"
"Upon my word," replied Bocage, "I really hardly know what I have been hearing. It is neither a play, nor a drama, nor a tragedy, nor a novel; it is something of them all, and certainly most striking! Only, can you imagine me as Antony?"
"You will be superb!" replied Dorval.
"What do you say, Dumas?"
"I know too little of you to say anything; but Dorval knows you and is ready to answer for you."
"Good! But I should need a special make-up for the part. I could not act it in ordinary everyday clothes."
"Oh! don't trouble yourself about that," I replied; "we will discover a suitable costume between us."
"What is our next move?"
"You must inform Crosnier that you have just been listening to a drama that suits you and Dorval; that it is by me, and that I am willing to sign the same agreement with him that Hugo did."
"Capital!"