. Memories of my life : being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist. rebufE at the Comedieand shall be my last. I warned you the day of the general rehearsal. Youhave gone too far. I keep my word. By the time you receive this letter Ishall have left Paris. Will you kindly accept my immediate resignation andbelieve me, yours sincerely, Sarah Bershardt. In order that this resignation might not be refused at theCommittee meeting I sent copies of my letter to the Gaulois andthe Figaro, and it was published at the same time as ]M. Perrinreceived it. Then, quite dec
. Memories of my life : being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist. rebufE at the Comedieand shall be my last. I warned you the day of the general rehearsal. Youhave gone too far. I keep my word. By the time you receive this letter Ishall have left Paris. Will you kindly accept my immediate resignation andbelieve me, yours sincerely, Sarah Bershardt. In order that this resignation might not be refused at theCommittee meeting I sent copies of my letter to the Gaulois andthe Figaro, and it was published at the same time as ]M. Perrinreceived it. Then, quite decided not to be influenced by anybody, I setoff at once, with my maid, for Havre. I had left orders thatno one was to be told where I w^as, and the first evening I wasthere I passed in strict incognito. But the next morning I wasrecognized and telegrams were sent to Paris to that effect. Iw^as besieged by reporters. I took refuge at La Heve where I spent the whole day onthe beach in spite of the cold rain which fell without ceasing. I went back to the Hotel Frascati, frozen, and in the night 346 i*. SARAH BERNHARDT, 1879. I AGAIN LEAVE THE COMEDIE FRANCAISE I was so feverish that the doctor was summoned. Mme. Giie-rard, who was sent for by my alarmed maid, came at once, andI was feverish for two days. During this time the newspaperscontinued to pour out a flood of ink on paper. This turned tobitterness and I was accused of the worst misdeeds. The Com-mittee sent a linissier to my hotel in the Avenue de Villiers, andthis man declared that after having knocked three times at thedoor and having received no answer he had left copy, etc.,etc. . The man was lying. In the hotel there were my son and histutor, my steward, the husband of my maid, my butler, thecook, the kitchenmaid, the second ladys maid, and five dogs;but it was all in vain that I protested against the minion of thelaw; it was useless. The Comedie must, according to the rules, send me threesummonses; this was not done a
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