Sophie Arnould, actress and wit . starting forMetz, de Lauraguais had requested to be taken toVersailles in order that he might see the arriving at the Palace, de Lauraguais wasinformed that the King was out hunting. Well,he said coolly, cannot he be arrested by aIdtre dc cachet. The arfisfcs of the Opera, having no theatre inParis at which they could perform, played severaltimes before the Court. In November the old operaof Darda^ms was given with Sophie Arnould in thepart of Iphisc the heroine. Her performances werealways remarkable for dramatic force and on thisoccasion she surpasse
Sophie Arnould, actress and wit . starting forMetz, de Lauraguais had requested to be taken toVersailles in order that he might see the arriving at the Palace, de Lauraguais wasinformed that the King was out hunting. Well,he said coolly, cannot he be arrested by aIdtre dc cachet. The arfisfcs of the Opera, having no theatre inParis at which they could perform, played severaltimes before the Court. In November the old operaof Darda^ms was given with Sophie Arnould in thepart of Iphisc the heroine. Her performances werealways remarkable for dramatic force and on thisoccasion she surpassed herself, and even succeededin dissipating the Kings e?i7itii for an hour or advantage of the sensation she had created,she threw herself at the feet of the Due de Choiseuland implored him, in the name of If>]iise to releaseher Darda?ucs. The Due was perfectly well awarethat Dardanus was the Comte de Lauraguais, andgranted Sophies request, l)ut, on condition, Bachau-mont declares, that there should be a separation. CARRWGTON mTFJR SOPHIE yVRNOULD 55 between the Comte and Comtesse. * It is doubtfulwhether Choiseul ever made such a proposition, l)utthe ill-assorted pair were separated shortly Comte de Lauraguais as soon as he was releasedrushed back to Paris, threw himself into the armsof Sophie Arnould, declared that she was his delivererand that he would never leave her, and refused tosee his wife. This was too much for the patienceof the Comtesse and she soon afterwards obtaineda separation. Perhaps she derived some satisfactionfrom learning during the course of the next fewyears that he was no more faithful to any of hismany mistresses than he had been to his wife. With the exception of these performances at Court,the only opportunities which the artistes had of beingheard, were at the Sacred Concerts. At these,Sophie Arnould, according to the contemporarycritics, was excelled by none of her rivals. Herbeautiful face appeared to be illuminated by a de
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