A HOLIDAY AND NEW SUCCESSES
A period of sculpturing—My success in making busts—My coffin—A
superfluous hearse—A holiday in Bretagne—The delights of the
shore—Painting in the country—“L’Enfer du Plogoff”—Into the
abyss—“The eyes of the shipwrecked ones”—“Sarah Bernhardt’s
chair”—The fête of Racine—I play the rôle of _Phedre_—A
tangle of authors and an actress—Unforeseen success—My new
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