I went with Mademoiselle Fel, Grimm, and I think the Abbe Raynal, in one of the stages to the court.

The rehearsal was tolerable: I was more satisfied with it than I expected to have been.

The orchestra was numerous, composed of the orchestras of the opera and the king's band.

Jelyotte played Colin, Mademoiselle Fel, Colette, Cuvillier the Devin: the choruses were those of the opera.

I said but little; Jelyotte had prepared everything; I was unwilling either to approve of or censure what he had done; and notwithstanding I had assumed the air of an old Roman, I was, in the midst of so many people, as bashful as a schoolboy.
The next morning, the day of performance, I went to breakfast at the coffee-house 'du grand commun', where I found a great number of people.
The rehearsal of the preceding evening, and the difficulty of getting into the theatre, were the subjects of conversation.