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 his praise or blame, but he expected due deference to be paid to his position and power, and revenged himself unscrupulously on those who did not pay court to him. An amusing instance of this is given in Fechter's life. Janin invited Fechter to come and see him. The independent actor did not do so. The feuilleton that followed the réprise of Les Horaces and Le Menteur, in which Fechter was to have appeared, but which he threw up, contained a savage onslaught on Curiace and Dorante. The actor had the critic in his power, but simply wrote the following private note:—

In the next week's issue the impartial critic stated that, owing to gross carelessness, his manuscript had been misprinted; his remarks on the subject of M. Fechter were intended for his rehearsal, and not for the performance, in which other artists had appeared. It was quite evident from this second statement that Janin meant war to the knife, so Fechter returned the blow by publicly stating that, as he had never rehearsed the parts, the explanation could hardly be called satisfactory. After this terrible and justifiable exposé, what was left for Janin but silence? And silence was his enduring revenge.

Since first this all-powerful despot had espoused her cause, all had gone well with Rachel; but now she, or, rather, her father in her person, had offended him by acting without his advice, and by flagrantly infringing upon the interests of those who were associated with her. She was destined, therefore, to receive the