Madame Charmant, vous avez dit votre scène du pavillon comme un ange, c'est parfait! mais - ne montez pas l'escalier si vite, faut laisser à sir Arthur le temps de se tuer

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · June 20, 1841–April 21, 1843

At the right in the wings of a theatre, a young actress facing front, in village costume, listens, her head and eyes lowered, hands in her apron pockets, to the advice of the author of the play in which she acts.