Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — Dumas at Work. [ARTICLE]

Dumas at Work.

The “Englishman in Paris” relates that he one day called to see the elder Dumas, and inquired of the servant, “Is monsieur at home?” “He is in his study, monsieur. Monsieur can go in.” At that moment I heard a loud burst of laughter from the inner apartment, so I said I would wait till monsieur's visitors were gone. “Monsieur has no visitors; he is working,” replied the servant. “Monsieur Dumas often laughs like that at his work. ” It was true enough; the novelist was alone, or rather in company with one of his characters. He was simply roaring.