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 ''Mon pardon à mes ennemis. Qu'on me laisse seule avec Dieu''."

The history of Rachel's tours in the provinces and abroad would fill a volume in themselves. The fatigue this fragile, delicate creature underwent in the pursuit of that fortune which she was heaping up—for we are afraid to no higher motive can we ascribe her continual restlessness—appears incredible. In a curious letter, addressed to Dr. Véron on the 26th May 1849, she gave a list of the representations that she intended to give from the 29th May to the 31st August of that year, and its citation will enable us to form a better idea than would any general sketch of the labours which, to the utter destruction of her health, she imposed upon herself:—

I am very sorry to have been unable to make you my adieux this morning. A rehearsal of Iphigenia obliges me to be at the theatre at eleven. This is my itinerary.