Robert Arnot
[NOTRE CŒUR]
[CHAPTER I.]
THE INTRODUCTION
One day Massival, the celebrated composer of "Rebecca," who for fifteen years, now, had been known as "the young and illustrious master," said to his friend André Mariolle:
"Why is it that you have never secured a presentation to Mme. Michèle de Burne? Take my word for it, she is one of the most interesting women in new Paris."
"Because I do not feel myself at all adapted to her surroundings."