And the poet would have Mme.

Drouet play this marvellous music on the piano from time to time! _Tristia Herculis!_ As I wanted to put in my hymn something peculiar to Victor Hugo, which could not possibly be attributed to anyone else, I tried to introduce this motif of which he was so fond.

And, by means of numerous tricks which every musician has up his sleeve, I managed to give it the form and character which it had lacked.
The subscription did not go fast enough to suit the master, and he had it stopped.

So I put my hymn in a drawer and waited for a better opportunity.
About this time M.Bruneau, the father of the well-known composer, conceived the idea of giving spring concerts at the Trocadero.

Bruneau came to see me and asked me if I had some unpublished work which I would let him have.