My Memoirs, Vol. II, 1822 to 1825

· 1870

The last shot of Waterloo--Temper of the provinces in 1817, 1818 and 1819--The _Messéniennes_--The _Vêpres siciliennes--Louis IX._--Appreciation of these two tragedies--A phrase of Terence--My claim to a similar sentiment--Three o'clock in the morning--The course of love-making--_Valeat res ludrica_ Return of Adolphe de Leuven--He shows me a corner of the artistic and literary world--The death of Holbein and the death of Orcagna--Entrance into the green-rooms--Bürger's _Lénore_ --First thoughts of my vocation…

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