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leng not a false th onl of y step bruising , great and fell ' in her into to sadly tlie the ground b bosom y his wei of with tlie ght , the unfortunate , but heroine driving in actress the his entire arms , who ,
clustered was carried round a fainting her p in from the the stage -room . Doctors the , in surgeons was extracted , and friends , but green ; p
the wound would not bleed . " The wound must be sucked ! " cried the one danger of the surgeons of such a , in hurt a loud . " < s voice Talm ; a ! " " it he is continue the only d way , addressing of escaping the
s actor " ervice I fancy , who . But you was be will hovering quick be able about near , without it the , mon door repugnance ami in ; a it state is , the of to mortal render only means anxiet us thi of y s ,
He saving Talma saved her , pale the , and life and we of ag have the itated woman not , hastened a moment he loved to render to and lose the thus !" service acquired demanded , in her .
eyes , an imprescriptible right to the heart ; and hand for which he had sued in vain so long . The lad the y's scrup dissolution les being of thus her marri vanquished with at
M last . Petit , she soug and ht on and the obtained 16 th of June , 1802 , Frangois Joseph age Talma , and Caroline ; Vanhovewere married , after eight years of hopeless , of Paris
affection For exceeding many , at the years l mairie happy this of brilliant desp the ite tenth coup the arrondissernent le incapacity , apparentl of y Talma so well . to assorted avoid ,
were y , running into hailed debt with . In enthusiasm high favor wherever with the he showe emperor d himself , and his , Talma
appearance was constantly in receipt of a very large income . His wife , whose salary equal to her husband'sand _whose engagements , in the
was , his provinces exerted and herself in forei in vain gn cap to induc itals e were the great paid actor at the to same moderate rate his as
ture expenditure , and costumes . Not for onl the y did stage he throw keep open away house immense and an sums ever in -spread
furnitable for all his friendsand bestow , aid on people in difficulty with , al sitybut he was also a victim to the mania of "building
roy and Constantl re genero -building in , trouble to an utterly throug ruinou h this s unfortunate extent . passion for bricks y
and mortarTalmaon one occasion when Kemble was expected in Parisannounced , to , his wife his determination to give him what
he termed , " a suitable reception , " to the great annoyance of Madame Talmawho foresaw , with terror , that this determination would
, lead to new and heavy expenses . And so it proved , for Talma was bent on entirely re-modelling that the
actor the apartment whom peop he le occup style ied the at first Paris in . France "I intend , shall , " sai worthil d he , " y receive ! Kemble
the first actor of England . I will not dishonor my nation level lives in I sp am lendid style not at home to have ; I must a whole place house myself to on myself the ; same but
no matter . , our very apartment sorry , done up as I mean it to be , will be noble will ,
have delightful a picture ! Here -gallery we , whi will ch , put can in be g easil ilded y panels managed ; there by knocking we
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/50/
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