"Go and do it again!" cried a voice from the pit.
Dodichet began to cough again, then spat at the prompter, who stuck his head out of his box, and shouted:
"Look out what you're doing!"
Once more the débutant began his air:
| "'J'ai longtemps parcouru le monde; |
| Et l'on m'a vu, et l'on m'a vu!——'"[R] |
A storm of hisses arose; this time the audience thought that he meant to mock at them, and on all sides there were shouts of:
"Down with him! put him out!"
Dodichet tried to go on:
"'Et l'on m'a vu, et l'on m'a vu!'"
"We've seen quite enough of you!" cried the pit in chorus. "Off you go!"