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202 THE CONFESSION OF A FOOL
care were over ; we were looking forward to the birth of
this child with great joy. We christened it in anticipa-
tion and bought Christmas presents for it. My wife was
happy and proud of her condition, and our intimate
friends fell into the habit of asking how " the little chap
"
was, just as if he had already arrived.
Famous now and content with my success, I determined
to rehabilitate Marie and save her ruined career. To
achieve this I planned a play in four acts, and offered it
to the Royal Theatre. It contained a sympathetic part
in which she had every chance of reconquering the public.
On the very day of her confinement I heard that the
play was accepted and that she had been cast for the
principal part.
Everything was well in the best of all worlds ; the
broken tie between me and my family was firmly reknitted
by the birth of the baby. The good time, the spring-time
of my life had arrived. There was bread in the house,
and even wine. The mother, the beloved, the adored,
was taking new pleasure in life, and had regained all her
former beauty. The indifference and neglect with which
she had treated her first baby were transformed into the
tenderest care for the newborn infant.
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