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Huneker, James, 1860-1921

"Chopin : the Man and His Music"

Again M. Spelboerch de
Lovenjoul must be consulted, as he possessed a bundle of letters
that were written by George Sand and M. Buloz, the editor of "La
Revue des Deux Mondes," in 1858.
De Musset went to Venice with Sand in the fall of 1833. They had
the maternal sanction and means supplied by Madame de Musset. The
story gives forth the true Gallic resonance on being critically
tapped. De Musset returned alone, sick in body and soul, and
thenceforth absinthe was his constant solace. There had been
references, vague and disquieting, of a Dr. Pagello for whom Sand
had suddenly manifested one of her extraordinary fancies. This
she denied, but De Musset's brother plainly intimated that the
aggravating cause of his brother's illness had been the
unexpected vision of Sand coquetting with the young medical man
called in to prescribe for Alfred. Dr. Pagello in 1896 was
interviewed by Dr. Cabanes of the Paris "Figaro" and here is his
story of what had happened in 1833. This story will explain the
later behavior of "la merle blanche" toward Chopin.


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