Maquet prepares historical materials, gathers together notes, and so on, but Dumas writes every word of his books with his own hand, and with a facility amounting to inspiration, said my informant.

He called him a great savage negro child.

If he has twenty sous and wants bread, he buys a pretty cane instead.

For the rest, 'bon enfant,' kind and amiable.

An inspired negro child! In debt at this moment, after all the sums he has made, said my informant--himself a most credible witness and highly cultivated man.
I heard of Eugene Sue, too, yesterday.