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Besides, he deserved a lesson, for if one does not like a prima donna's singing one can always be silent, but it is intolerable that a public affront should be put upon a pretty woman.
Pennycook not meanin' any offense but you know Donna's one of the high an' mighty kind, an' you an' her ain't been any too friendly. I think, maybe, if I was to talk to her, now " "I'm sure you're welcome, Miss Pickett. Somebody ought to reason with her like before the thing gets too public, an' I don't seem to have the right influence with the girl."
He sat down at Donna's kitchen table and drew a letter and a telegram from his pocket. "Huh! Huh hum m m! Writes me on Monday from Sacramento that he's busted, an' to send him a money order to San Francisco, General Delivery. Letter postmarked ten thirty A. M. Then he wires me from Stockton, the same day, to disregard letter an' telegraph him fifty at Stockton.
At this he commenced to regain his composure, and by the time he had slipped the ring on Donna's finger and plighted his troth for aye, all of his troubles and worries vanished. The minister and his gardener shook hands with them, and the minister's wife kissed Donna and gave her a motherly hug primarily because she looked so sweet and again on general feminine principles.
It must, however, be added that she undoubtedly was a very admirable singer. Had this not been the case, the Marchese Lamberto di Castelmare would not have interested himself so much as he had done in the plans and negotiations for bringing her to Ravenna. The Marchese was not a man to be much influenced by the prima donna's reputation for beauty and fascination.
Hennage appeared in the eating-house for his meals the day following, Donna's absence from the cashier's desk impelled him to mild speculation, and when on the third morning he came in to breakfast purposely late only to find Donna's substitute still on duty, he realized that the time for action had arrived. "That settles it" he murmured into his second cup of coffee.
'Lucia di Lammermoor' , which was for many years one of the most popular works in the Covent Garden repertory, has now sunk to the level of a mere prima donna's opera, to be revived once or twice a year in order to give a popular singer an opportunity for vocal display. Yet there are passages in it of considerable dramatic power, and many of the melodies are fresh and expressive.
Opinions of Lord Mount Edgcumbe and other Critics. Anecdotes of herself and Husband. The Great Prima Donna's Character. Her Gradual Divergence from Good Taste in singing. Bon Mots of the Wits of the Day. The Opera-house Riot. Her Husband's Avarice. Grand Concert Tour through Europe. She meets Goethe. Her Return to England and Brilliant Reception. She sings with the Tenor Braham.
However, he felt amply rewarded for the extravagance when Donna's voice deep, throaty, almost a baritone came to him over the wire; the delighted, almost childish cry of amazement which greeted his "Hello, Donna girl" was music to his soul. Bob was the kind of man who always thinks of the little things.
Quarrington briefly explained their predicament in the face of the Bella Donna's battered appearance a lengthy explanation was hardly necessary and a few minutes later the tug was steaming for Netherway harbour, towing the crippled yacht behind her. "Please, Marraine, will you give us your blessing?"
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