CHAPTER VIII.. Charles Kemble--His Daughter's Tragedy of "francis the

Charles Kemble--His Daughter's Tragedy of "Francis the First"--Recollections of John Kemble--The Opera--Count Ory--Sir A. Barnard--Secret of Happiness--Visit to Mademoiselle Mars--Her Residence described--Memorial of her Theatrical Career--The Duchesse de la Force--Madame Grassini--Anecdote of her--Visit to Orsay--Its Situation--The Princesse de Croy--Hamlet of Palaiseau--Drama of La Pie Voteuse--Family of the Duc de Guiche--The Vaudeville Théâtre--Scribe's Avant, Pendant, el Après--Its Dangerous Tendency--French Ambition--Parisian Shopkeepers--Their Officious Conduct, 78.