Demoiselle Candeille thought of every English-born individual as having
very large teeth. Now large teeth do not lend themselves to well-spoken
comedy scenes, to smiles, or to double entendre.
Her own teeth were exceptionally small and white, and very sharp, like
those of a kitten.
Yes! Demoiselle Candeille thought it would be extremely interesting to
go to London and to show to a nation of shopkeepers how daintily one
can be amused in a theatre.
Permission to depart from Paris was easy to obtain. In fact the fair lady
had never really found it difficult to obtain anything she very much
wanted.
In this case she had plenty of friends in high places. Marat was still alive
and a great lover of the theatre. Tallien was a personal admirer of hers,
Deputy Dupont would do anything she asked.
She wanted to act in London, at a theatre called Drury Lane. She wanted
to play Moliere in England in French, and had already spoken with
several of her colleagues, who were ready to join her. They would give
public representations in aid of the starving population of France; there
were plenty of Socialistic clubs in London quite Jacobin and
Revolutionary in tendency: their members would give her full support.
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