Bernhardt turned on her heel.
“Very well!” she flung at him over her shoulder; “a day will come when you will beg me to produce your play!”
Dumas refused to be influenced by such criticism, and eventually the play was produced, in a small way, at the Comédie, and then at another theatre, but had no success at either. Sarah’s amendments and suggestions had been ignored.
After Sarah had organised her own company, Pierre Berton one day went to her with the information that Dumas wished to see her.
“What about?” asked Sarah.
“About a play called La Dame aux Camélias. We were reading it together last night and I believe it can be played by us with success. In fact, it is a play absolutely written for you!”
“Did you tell Dumas that?” asked Sarah, grimly.
“Yes.”
“What did he say?”
“He said that he agreed with me.”