Glimpses of the French Court Sketches From French History
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" So much the better, " said the composer, with an Italian shrng ; " I shall not be troubled with their good advice. " He did, however, receive one appli- cation for admission. Some one wished to see him, an attendant said, who would not give his name. " Bah ! " said Lully, " I have no time to see any one. Let him send in his name, however, and we shall see. " The attendant returned in a few minutes, with a dirty, greasy scrap of paper, on which was scrawled, " An old friend. " " Bah ! " said t...he composer again; "say that I have no friends on dress-rehearsal days ! " and he went on with his work. The next day, as he entered the theatre, another dirty note was handed to him, which read as follows : " Thou wouldst not see me yesterday ; I shall wait for thee this evening at the end of thy opera. " Lully pondered a minute over this, then tossed it away, and forgot it. This was the day of the representation of the master- piece, and he was naturally in great excitement. As the hour approached, the theatre began to fill, and soon the main body of the house was occupied ; but, alas !
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