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In the evening Signor Mardoni, who had arrived, and Madame Isola Bella, favored them with what they called sacred music; principally prayers from operas and a grand Stabat Mater. Lord Culloden invited Lothair into a farther saloon, where they might speak without disturbing the performers or the audience.
No sooner were they seated than the sound of music was heard distant, but now nearer, till there came floating on the lake, until it rested before the pavilion, a gigantic shell, larger than the building itself, but holding in its golden and opal seats Signor Mardoni and all his orchestra.
"Mardoni ought to have been here to-day," said Mrs. Giles; "but he never keeps his engagements." "I think our amateur materials are rather rich," said Lothair. "There is Mrs. Campian," said Apollonia in a low voice; but Lothair shook his head.
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