Chapter 15 No.15

'It's a scandal.'

'There must be a reply. The Académie cannot be silent under the attack.'

'What are you thinking of? On the contrary, the dignity of the Académie demands--'

'Gentlemen, gentlemen, the real feeling of the Académie is--'

In their private assembly room, in front of the great chimney-piece and the full-length portrait of Ca