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He thought , `` That is his way of getting rid of me . '' `` I hope , my dear Director , '' continued the Duke , `` that you will make us rehearse hard to-morrow . If anything goes wrong we shall still have the morning of the following day , for the fête does not begin until half-past two . '' Maurice rose , and in a comical tone announced , `` Ladies , gentlemen , and artists , I beg you to be prompt for a rehearsal of the tableaux vivants to-morrow at ten o'clock . Any artist who is late , will pay a fine of a hundred francs , to the poor of the Duchess . '' And as they laughingly protested , `` There is a quarter of an hour 's grace accorded as in the theatres , but not one instant more . My stage-manager is empowered to collect the fines . ''