As a matter of fact, the situation was so novel, that the public would not allow it to grow old.
.·. Here the whispers redouble.
.·. The pit rises divided between two opinions.
.·. This detail of manners, accurately historic, excites lively disapproval.
See, at page 56 of the play, the detail of manners.
.·. Uproar.
.·. A pretty general rising caused by a chaste interpretation suggested by the pit.
See page 72, for the suggestion of this chaste interpretation.
.·. Prolonged, Oh! oh!'s.
.·. They laugh.
.·. They become indignant. A voice: "It takes two to make a child!"
.·. Interruption.
.·. Movement of disapprobation; the white hair of the old monk should, however, put aside all ideas of indecency in this interview.
.·. Deserved disapproval.
.·. The sentence is cut in two by an obscene interruption.
See the sentence, on page 115.
.·. Disapproval.
.·. After this scene (the seventh of the fourth act) the piece, scarcely listened to at all, was not criticised any further.
This was the only attempt M. de Latouche made at the theatre, and, from that time onwards, la Vallée-aux-Loups more than ever deserved its name.