CHAPTER V

M. Arnault's _Pertinax_--_Pizarre_, by M. Fulchiron--M. Fulchiron as a politician--M. Fulchiron as magic poet--A word about M. Viennet--My opposite neighbour at the performance of _Pertinax_--Splendid failure of the play--Quarrel with my _vis-à-vis_--The newspapers take it up--My reply in the _Journal de Paris_--Advice of M. Pillet