CHAPTER VI

Chateaubriand ceases to be a peer of France--He leaves the country--Béranger's song thereupon--Chateaubriand as versifier--First night of _Charles VII._--Delafosse's vizor--Yaqoub and Frédérick-Lemaître--_La Reine d'Espagne_--M. Henri de Latouche--His works, talent and character--Interlude of _La Reine d'Espagne_--Preface of the play--Reports of the pit collected by the author