CHAPTER XIII

Alfred de Vigny--The man and his works--Harel, the manager at the Odéon--Downfall of Soulié's _Christine_--Parenthesis about Lassailly--Letter of Harel, with preface by myself and postscript by Soulié--I read my _Christine_ at the Odéon--Harel asks me to put it into prose--First representation of the _More de Venise_--The actors and the papers.