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 Rachel; but I have become old, she has become rich, and nothing moderates mind and heart more than riches and years."

Frances Anne Kemble, in her Records of Later Life, alludes to Véron's Reminiscences. After speaking of Grisi, she goes on:—

The outward and visible sign of her disgrace had not, however, yet dimmed Rachel's genius, and in all the great houses in London she was received as a favoured guest. When she seemed to suffer from cold on the occasion of her visit to Windsor, the Duchess of Kent took off the magnificent yellow Indian shawl she wore and wrapped it round her (a present which, by the way, was despatched to "Maman Félix," to Paris next day). The Queen threw her roses out of her own bouquet on to the stage; her every movement was chronicled. She was slightly indisposed, and frequent bulletins were issued, informing the public of the state of her health. On reappearing, she was welcomed as if she had been snatched from the jaws of death.

When she took farewell of her enthusiastic admirers on the 20th July, nothing could exceed the excitement. According to one writer, "her triumph had even ex-