What he wanted was to secure a postponement of Limnander's opera _Les Blancs et les Bleus_.

The action of this work and of _Dinorah_, as well, took place in Brittany.

In the hope of being Meyerbeer's choice, both theatres turned poor Limnander away.

Finally, _Dinorah_ fell to the Opera-Comique.

After long hard work, which the author demanded, Madame Cabel and MM.