The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-04
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) soon; you are not to give me love, friend
: ship, or even gratitude for this: prom.
J ise never to put foot inside your abode.
: You will receive whom you please, except
=, your husband, and come and 90 as you
: like. All ask is-a seat at your side in
: your box at the theatre, for eight per-
, formances, Gorgeon has turned the laugh
against me; wish to have it on my side
: now"
! The young wife knew her husbands
peculiar temperament well enough to feel
how ciuel such vengeance would be to
him, and what terrible consequences
mi ght ensue.
"You are mad," said she to the prince.
"There are many other ways of punish
ing my husband. Send him to Siberia
for the winter"
Very difficult: am not influential
enough"
4 The conversation was prolonged until
Marie's return, when Pauline obtained 8
week for reflection and decision, which
she employed in consulting her female
4 friends, who were unanimous in advising
her to accept; some because they were
glad to get rid of a rival-others because
they would rejoice at her reputation COM
promised by such a scandal. They earn
estly heightened her husbands ill-treat-
ment and scorn of her, and the sweetness
of revenge, all of which she heard dream
lily, and finally (what will you think of
the paradoxes of woman's heart when |
tell you , accepted only because she was
dying of the desire to see her husband
again, And proof of her disinterested-
ness was, that she refused the Princes
two hundred thousand francs.
She left Paris the 1st of December, and
arrived at St. Petersburg on the 18th, in
a magnificent sleigh, emblazoned with
the coat of arms of the Prince Vasili-
koff had arrived two days before, and the
whole city, Russians, French and Cor
geon knew of the expected event Of Pau
Z lines entry.
The Prince gave her fifteen days to re-
cover the fatigues of the journey, and she
had further delay Of week, during
which Gorgeon did not play. She re-
gardcd the play bills each day as the pris-
oner of the Reign of Terror used to look
at the list of the headsmen.
She enjoyed neither her splendid ward
robe, her princely house, nor any of the
luxuries which surrounded her, and the
chief cook-a miracle of Provence-e1-
hausted all his gastronomic resources in
vain-she had no more appetite.
The sixth of January (new style) the
bill announced TO her that Gorgeon was
to play that evening in "Ld diner de
Hadelon" She wished to write and ask
grace of the Prince; but her cousin ad-
vised her TO write to her husband, which
she did, in tender, supplicating, and
sincerely contrite spirit, enclosing with
cred flower, which they had culled at
Fontaiubleau on their wedding trip. Tn
fortunately, the man who carried the let
ter wore the livery of the Prince. Cor
eeon imagined it contained some new in
suit, and threw it in the fire unopened.
! In the evening, Pauline, more dead
than alive, allowed herself to be dressed,
and arrived at the theatre doors with a
faint hope of not finding the Prince there;
but he sprang joyously from the vestibule,
opened her carriage door, and led her
half fainting to her box. The theatre
was crowded, and every glass was leveled
at her. as she threw herself unconscious
" into an armchair, exactly beneath the
gas chandelier.
The curtain rose; Pauline was seized
with vertigo, and saw nothlng-heard
nothing, though she sat erect and her
eyes were fixed on the stage
Gorgeon had steeled himselfto bear all,
and covered his paleness with a double
coat of rouge, though he forgot TO paint
his lips which were livid. He played
his part throughout without failure or
interruption, save by the plaudits of his
compatriots, and the ironical applause of
the Russians, who were disposed to re-
turn to the side of the Prince The cur
tain fell, and Pauline was carried to her
carriage.
The next evening Gorgeon played
Machavoine, in "Le Misanthrope ct Z
Aurergnot," admirably! Brasseur new
er did it better. The French audience
had brought wreaths and crowns of lau-
: rels and roses, and the Russians were
! furnished with crowns ofvegetable leaves
, and other absurdities, all of which rained
together on poor Gorgeon, while some
poor wit shouted Gas he left the STACEY
f ''My compliments to Madame" Gorgeon
wept with rage as he entered his dressing
room, and finding on the table new let
, ter from Pauline wet with tears, he tore
: it savagely up, and threw the fragment,
in the fire.
/, After these two horrible evenings, Pau
! line besought the Prince to dispense with
! the other six. Gorgeon was more than
| sufficiently punished. :.
. Vasilikof was amiable enough to drop
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