MY STAY IN ENGLAND
I overtax my strength—Outwitting the doctor—The effect of a
dose of opium—A lapse of memory and the talk it
caused—Dumas’s judgment of his own plays—I exhibit my
statues—Mr. Gladstone and “Phedre”—The success of my
exhibition—A jaunt to Liverpool—I hunt for lions—My new
pets—My homecoming creates a sensation—A Bedlam in Chester
Square—How I suffered from the press—The tranquil lady—The
company opens a campaign against me—My letter to M. Wolff—I
hesitate on the brink of leaving the Comédie 322–337