 About this time, or shortly afterwards, Fauré's liaison with Emma Bardac began; in Duchen's words, "for the first time, in his late forties, he experienced a fulfilling, passionate relationship which extended over several years".His principal biographers all agree that this affair inspired a burst of creativity and a new originality in his music, exemplified in the song cycle "La bonne chanson".Fauré wrote the "Dolly Suite" for piano duet between 1894 and 1897 and dedicated it to Bardac's daughter Hélène, known as "Dolly".