CHAPTER IX

The college and the garden of the Feuillantines--Grenadier or general--Victor Hugo's first appearance in public--He obtains honourable mention at the Academy examination--He carries off three prizes in the Jeux Floraux--_Han d'Islande_--The poet and the bodyguard--Hugo's marriage--The _Odes et Ballades_--Proposition made by cousin Cornet.