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THE CONFESSION OF A FOOL 167
to her ; the pubUc, well acquainted with her sensational
divorce, and the premature death of her little girl, cried
out against the unfaithful wife, the unnatural mother.
It was but a question of time and the manager of the
theatre would not be able to protect her against the
antipathy of the audience ; the great actor, her teacher,
disowned her and admitted his mistake in believing in her
talent.
So much ado, so much unhappiness, to humour a woman
who did not know her own mind.
And still matters grew worse, for Marie’s mother sud-
denly died of heart disease, of a broken heart, as it was
called, broken with sorrow, caused by her unnatural
daughter. Again my honour was involved. I was furious
with the injustice of the world, and made a desperate
effort to vindicate her honour. I proposed the foundation
of a weekly paper, for the discussion of the drama, music,
literature and art, and she, thankful now for every effort
to help her, gratefully accepted my proposal. In this
paper she was to make her début as a critio and writer
of feuilletons, and so gradually become acquainted with
publishers. She sunk two hundred crowns in the enter-
prise. I undertook the editorial work and proof-reading.
Since I was well aware of my complete incapacity as a
business manager, I left her to attend to the sale and
advertisements, the proceeds of which she was to share
with the manager of her theatre, who was also the
proprietor of a news stall.
The first number was set and looked very well indeed.
It contained a leader written by one of our rising artists ;
an original article from a correspondent in Rome ; another
one from Paris ; a critique on a musical performance
by a distinguished writer and contributor to one of
the first Stockholm papers ; a literary review written
by myself ; a feuilleton and reports on first nights by
Marie.
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