She posed Nina in the attitude she thought interesting, with head down and eyes up--a rather tiring position. And to keep _l'enfant_ quiet she devised all sorts of things. Sometimes she would rehearse her rôles in the voice they speak of as golden; because it coins gold for her, I suppose. The rehearsing of her rôles was not so amusing, as there were no _répliques_; but what kept Nina most quiet was when Sarah told her of the album she was making for her. Every artist she knew was working at some offering, and when it would be finished Nina was to have it. She would expatiate for hours on the smallest details. Meissonier, for instance, was painting a water-color, a scene of the war: a German regiment attacking a French inn, which was being defended by French soldiers. Then Gounod was writing a bit of music dedicated to _la charmante modèle_, and so forth. Nina would listen with open mouth and glistening eyes, and at every sitting she would say, "Et mon album?" expecting each time to see it forthcoming. But it never came forth. It only existed in Madame Bernhardt's fertile brain. It had no other object than to keep the model still. It seemed cruel to deceive the child. Even to the last, when Nina had said for the last time, "And shall I have my album to-day?" Sarah answered that it was not _quite_ ready, as the binding was not satisfactory, and other tales, which, if not true, had the desired effect, and she finished the bust. It was not a very good likeness, but a very pretty artistic effort, and was sent to the next Exposition, receiving "honorable mention," perhaps more honorable than we mentioned her at home. She gave me a duplicate of it made of terra-cotta. Don't expect any more letters, for I shall be very busy before my departure for America, which is next week, and then I shall.... Well, wait! Good-by. INDEX AGASSIZ, Professor, "Father Nature" helped to pay for his new house. Amateur theatricals. American songs at the French court. American soul-probes, intimate questions answered by the Emperor, the Empress and Prosper Mérimée. Americans seeking a hotel. Anti-slavery anecdotes; Joshua Green's forgetfulness; Phillips Brooks's story of a convert's confession. Auber, the composer, introduced by the Duke de Persigny; writes a cadenza for Alabieff's "Rossignol"; at Meyerbeer's funeral; his life in Paris; "Le Rêve d'Amour" at eighty-three; describes the slaughter of Generals Thomas and Lecomte; his friendship with Massenet; entertains Madame at breakfast during the siege; dies on the ramparts.