CHAPTER VIII.
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 Theatre--Scribe's _Avant, Pendant, el Apres_--Its Dangerous Tendency--French Ambition--Parisian Shopkeepers--Their Officious Conduct, 78..