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 of that brilliant career, a confidence in me, of which I am justly proud. I beg, also, to inform you that there were not two of her classical or modern rôles, on the subject of which this eminent artist did not consult my "experience," if not my knowledge. And, I think, I do no injustice to her memory by showing that her triumphs had in no way destroyed that humility which is the best appanage of talent. On January 1st, 1840, she writes to me—

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I cannot let the first day of the year go by without telling you my regret, my sorrow at our long and miserable separation, or without telling you all the affection there is in my heart for you, all the respect for Madame Samson, and all the friendship for your daughters.

Believe me, my sentiments for you are the same as ever, and will never change. Besides, do I not always need your good counsels, which have given me the strength to appear on the stage, and which have assured the applause of the public.

Again, later in the same year:—

Again:—

Another time, she addresses him as "Celui que j'aime le plus au monde," and ends her letter "Votre