CHAPTER V

Soulié at the mechanical saw-mill--His platonic love of gold--I desire to write a drama with him--I translate _Fiesque_--Death of Auguste Lafarge--My pay is increased and my position lowered--Félix Deviolaine, condemned by the medical faculty, is saved by illness--_Louis XI. à Péronne_--Talma's theatrical wardrobe--The _loi de justice et d'amour_--The disbanding of the National Guard.