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 de Bouillon in Adrienne Lecouvreur, Rachel playing the title rôle. Madame Samson tells us:—

Madame Samson describes another episode that took place between Rachel and her old master, on the evening of the 4th February 1853, when they were acting Madame de Girardin's Lady Tartuffe together.

Samson, after twenty-seven years' service, was about to give a representation on the occasion of his retirement, and Rachel had promised to play Cléopâtra; every day, however, she changed her mind on the subject of the rôle, asking for different people for different parts, and next day upsetting the arrangements made the day before. Her caprices wore out my husband at last. She had not kept several appointments that she had made, excusing herself on the plea of ill-health, and asking Samson to come to her (a thing which he seldom did). He consented, however, and on the appointed day presented himself at the hôtel of his capricious pupil. Her carriage was at the door. The professor concluded that she was going out. The servant informed him, however, that Madame was not at home. Unaccustomed to treatment of this sort, above all by a woman who was under so many obligations to him, Samson left, vowing that he would never enter Rachel's house again.

On that evening Lady Tartuffe was given at the Français, and Samson had to act several sentimental scenes with her. Not having had an opportunity of speaking to Samson in the side scenes, the actress found herself most uncomfortably situated, having to act a