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 lost his first action against Dumas, she sent to tell him that she had 200,000 francs at his service.

She heard of the suicide of an unfortunate man, Saint-EdméSaint-Edme [sic] by name, who, unable to make enough to purchase the necessaries of life for himself and his four children, committed suicide. He had begun his literary career by contributing to a collection of biographies of all the notable people of the day, and amongst others had written a sketch of Rachel. She alludes to this in the following letter:—

We could multiply many other instances of Rachel's kindness of heart, particularly towards genius struggling under difficulties. On one occasion a young author, very poor, and yet enjoying a certain degree of poetical reputation, had completed a three-act comedy in verse. He presented it to the Théâtre