... bills the day following that on which the ballet should take place." TEN YEARS AFTER ALEXANDRE DUMAS CHAPTER 39 The Ballet of the Seasons. At the conclusion of the banquet, which ... their gracious sovereign. The Seasons, allies of Spring, followed him closely, to form a quadrille, which, after many words of more or less flattering import, was the commencement of the dance. ... "But, come, since - " "Oh, sire, that is not the greatest misfortune; for, after all, the orchestra could still just as well cut it out, if it were necessary; but - "...