CHAPTER I

Sequel to the preparations for my ball--Oil and distemper--Inconveniences of working at night--How Delacroix did his task--The ball--Serious men--La Fayette and Beauchene--Variety of costumes--The invalid and the undertaker's man--The last galop--A _political_ play--A _moral_ play

## CHAPTER II _Dix ans de la vie d'une femme_

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