They were ridiculed at the time, but destined to some success later.

Afterwards I continued with _Si tu veux faisons un reve_, which Madame Carvalho sang a good deal, _Soiree en mer_, and many others.
The older I grew the greater became my devotion to Hugo.

I waited impatiently for each new work of the poet and I devoured it as soon as it appeared.

If I heard about me the spiteful criticisms of irritating critics, I was consoled by talking to Berlioz who honored me with his friendship and whose admiration for Hugo equalled mine.

In the meantime my literary education was improving, and I made the acquaintance of the classics and found immortal beauties in them.