"Precisely the case."
"Well, Hugo and you have been very successful at the Porte-Saint-Martin; and I want to do at the Théâtre-Français what they have done at the Musée: to open it on Sunday to enable people to come there to see and study the works of dead authors, and to reserve all the rest of the week for living authors and for Hugo and you specially."
"Well, my dear historian, that is the first time I have heard a Home Minister say anything sensible upon a question of art. Let me note the time of day and the date of the month, I must keep it by me ... 15 March 1834, at seven a.m."
"Now, what would you want for a comedy, a tragedy, or a drama of five acts at the Théâtre-Français?"
"I should first of all need actors who can act drama: Madame Dorval, Bocage, Frédérick."
"You cannot have everything at once. I will allow you Madame Dorval; the others must come afterwards."
"All right! that is something at all events ... Then I must have some reparation in respect of Antony. Therefore I desire that Madame Dorval shall resume her rôle of Adèle."
"Granted ... what else?"
"That is all."