CHAPTER IV

Talma's illness--How he would have acted _Tasso_--His nephews--He receives a visit from M. de Quélen--Why his children renounced his faith--His death--_La Noce et l'Enterrement_--Oudard lectures me on my fondness for theatre-going--The capital reply that put the Palais-Royal in a gay humour--I still keep the confidence of Lassagne and de la Ponce--I obtain a success anonymously at the Porte-Saint-Martin.