Robert le Diable.

           Thepretextofanoperaengagementwassomuchthemorefeasible,astherechancedtobeonthatverynightamorethanordinaryattractionattheAcademieRoyale.Levasseur,whohadbeensufferingundersevereillness,madehisreappearanceinthecharacterofBertrand,and,asusual,theannouncementofthemostadmiredproductionofthefavoritecomposerofthedayhadattractedabrilliantandfashionableaudience.Morcerf,likemostotheryoungmenofrankandfortune,hadhisorchestrastall,withthecertaintyofalwaysfindingaseatinatleastadozenoftheprincipalboxesoccupiedbypersonsofhisacquaintance;hehad,moreover,hisrightofentryintotheomnibusbox.Chateau–Renaudrentedastallbesidehisown,whileBeauchamp,asajournalist,hadunlimitedrangealloverthetheatre.Ithappenedthatonthisparticularnighttheminister’sboxwasplacedatthedisposalofLucienDebray,whoofferedittotheComtedeMorcerf,whoagain,uponhismother’srejectionofit,sentittoDanglars,withanintimationthatheshouldprobablydohimselfthehonorofjoiningthebaronessandherdaughterduringtheevening,intheeventoftheiracceptingtheboxinquestion.Theladiesreceivedtheofferwithtoomuchpleasuretodreamofarefusal.Tonoclassofpersonsisthepresentationofagratuitousopera-boxmoreacceptablethantothewealthymillionaire,whostillhugseconomywhileboastingofcarryingaking’sransominhiswaistcoatpocket.

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