"Your play is received in advance; you are to have a premium of a thousand francs upon its reading, and it is to be played immediately."
"Where?"
"At the Opéra-Comique."
I thought I must have misunderstood. "What?" I said.
"At the Opéra-Comique," repeated Bocage.
"Oh! that's a fine tale! Who made that up?"
"They are engaging the actors."
"Who are they?"
"Myself, in the first place."
"You do not play the drama all alone?"