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"It was exactly like this?" "Oh, no, mum, it was exactly like the new one you had sent home this morning." "What!" The face of the lady flushed instantly. "Wasn't it like this?" "No, mum." Mrs. Ballman sunk into a chair. "You can retire, Kitty," she said, and the girl withdrew, leaving her to her own feelings and reflections, which were not of the most pleasing character.
But Kitty's appearance at church in such an elegant affair, naturally created some talk. One surmise after another was started, and, at last, from hints dropped by the milliner, and admissions almost extorted from Mrs. Claudine, the truth came out so fully, that all understood it; nor was Mrs. Ballman long left in ignorance on this head. As to the fashion, Mrs.
Ballman," settled all ethical questions that intruded themselves upon the milliner. "I will have it ready for you," she said, on returning to Mrs. Claudine. "Very well. But mind," said the lady, "I wish it got up in the very best style. The hurry must not take from its beauty. As for the price, charge what you please." The milliner promised every thing, and Mrs.
She gave the young man a reassuring glance, and he resumed his seat in front of her, beside the distracted Merry. "You are from Richmond?" "Oh, no; I am from Wilmington, but I have kinsfolk in Richmond, I am on General Beauregard's staff. My name is Ballman Captain Ballman." She vaguely remembered that Vincent Atterbury was on staff duty. Perhaps this young man knew him. "Do you know a Mr.
I like your voice. I think it has a beautiful rich quality. I agree with Ballman, it has fine timbre." "Timbre I'm tired hearing that " "That counts in voice almost as much as range." "No, no, don't evade. You think it lacks range?" "I don't know. It lacks something as if well, if you'll pardon my saying it, as if it didn't reach as far as your temperament could fling it." "That's it exactly!
Auchinloss won't conduct 'Faust' without our Millie's Marguerite. How she used to practice it, miss, righd on that piano you seen in the front room. It's worth all the sacrifices we made for such a success like hers. I doan' know who you study with, but if you come to us here, I wand once you should let her old teacher, Ballman, hear you. He's the man that can find your voice if you got it."
Claudine is about doing this there is little doubt of its becoming the fashion, for the style is striking as well as tasteful." Mrs. Ballman mused for some moments. There she drew the milliner aside, and said, in a low confidential tone. "Do you think you could get up a bonnet a handsome as that, and in just as good taste?" "I know I could.
"Nothing much except that he used to call her his wonder-child and shut up like a clam when we tried to discuss her future with him. What you need now, if you're ever really going to get anywhere, is an audition." "Audition?" "One of the big opera directors to hear you. It's not easy to arrange at the Metropolitan. Ballman has no pull.
Her lessons, one every Tuesday morning, with Leopold Ballman, were tiresome unmusical periods of diaphragm exercises and an entire tearing down and reconstruction process of the previous methods taught her.
No wonder that she cried aloud from the sudden shock and distress so untoward an event occasioned; nor that she went back weeping to her chamber, and refused to be comforted. Mr. Ballman and the children proceeded alone to church on that day. On their return home they found the lady in a calmer frame of mind. But Mr. Ballman looked grave and was unusually silent.
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