Prologue
_ THE MARQUIS‘ HONEYMOON
Old Drury Lane rang with applause for the performance of Madame Carew. Of British-French parentage, she was a recognized peer among the favorite actresses on the English stage and a woman whose attractions of face and manner were of a high order. She came naturally by her talents, being a descendant of Madame de Panilnac, famed as an actress, confidante of Louise-Benedicte, Duchess du Maine, who originated the celebrated nuits blanches at Sceaux during the close of Louis XIV‘s reign.
The bill for the evening under consideration was "Adrienne Lecouvreur" and in no part had the actress been more natural and effective. Her triumph was secure, for as the prologue says:
"Your judgment given--your sentence must remain；
No writ of error lies--to Drury Lane."

She was the talk of the day and her praises or deficiencies were discussed by the scandal-carriers of the town； the worn-out dowagers, the superannuated

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