. The love affairs of Napoleon. a man like Crescentini have tosuch an honour? Whereupon the beautiful MadameGrassini rose up majestically from her seat and repliedwith a highly theatrical tone and gesture : And hiswound, then, Monsieur, do you consider that of noaccount? At this there arose such a tempest of de-lighted applause that poor Madame Grassini was muchembarrassed at the success of her It appears that Napoleons indifference to MadameBranchus lack of physical charms did not last anygreat while. The influence of her voice and talentscould not long conceal her defects from him. O
. The love affairs of Napoleon. a man like Crescentini have tosuch an honour? Whereupon the beautiful MadameGrassini rose up majestically from her seat and repliedwith a highly theatrical tone and gesture : And hiswound, then, Monsieur, do you consider that of noaccount? At this there arose such a tempest of de-lighted applause that poor Madame Grassini was muchembarrassed at the success of her It appears that Napoleons indifference to MadameBranchus lack of physical charms did not last anygreat while. The influence of her voice and talentscould not long conceal her defects from him. Otheractresses, prettier than she, demonstrated to him thatthere was no necessary divorce betwixt talent andbeauty. This time tragedy triumphed over music, andit was the Theatre-Francais that nourished the amatoryfancies of the Consul. Two young actresses, Mademoiselle Duchesnois andMademoiselle Georges Weimer, better known as Georges, had just made their debut in high tragedy. 1 Mdmorial de Sainte-Hdlene, Vol. Ill, p. 566. 1 i. MADAME GRASSINI IN LE NONNES DEL SOL MARITOFi-oin the collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NAPOLEON 123 Mademoiselle Duchesnois, a tragedienne of greatmerit but extremely plain off the stage, was passably-good-looking behind the footlights, her acting beingwonderfully fine, particularly in Phedre. MademoiselleGeorges, who was a magnificent woman but only amoderate actress, had been trained by MademoiselleRaucourt. Without having an exceptionally fine voiceshe was a good elocutionist, exhibiting plenty of loftydignity in her style and bearing. She was on thewhole a beautiful tragedy-queen, though rarely, per-haps never, did she attain the greatest People swiftly became enthusiastic about these twoactresses, one of whom had more talent than beautyand the other more beauty than talent. Before long,Paris was divided into two opposing factions as it hadbeen in the days of the rivalry between MademoiselleClairon and Mademoiselle Dum
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