By Jove! if Meyerbeer would only take charge of the score! That falls to him by right as a compatriot.

Then, that would give him an opportunity to break lances with Mehul and Rossini.

If that fool of a Gerfaut would only come! Let us see what would be the three characters: Soprano, Suzannah; contralto, David; the old men, two basses; as for the tenor, he would be, of course, Suzannah's husband.

There would be a superb entrance for him upon his return from the army, 'cavatina guerriera con cori'.

Oh! that terrible Gerfaut! the wolves must have devoured him.