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"She is an Italian, Signora Petrucci; she used to be very handsome." "Oh," said Goneril, looking pleased. "I'm glad she's handsome, and that they speak English. But they are not relations?" "No, they are not connected; they are friends." "And have they always lived together?" "Ever since Madame Lilli died," and Miss Hamelyn named a very celebrated singer.
"Very nice, I'm sure!" said Miss Hamelyn, greatly relieved; for she knew that Signor Graziano must be fifty. "We have known him," went on the old lady, "very nearly thirty years. He used to largely frequent the salon of our dear, our cherished Madame Lilli." The tears came into the old lady's eyes. No doubt those days seemed near and dear to her; she did not see the dust on those faded triumphs.
"Gone back to the hotel to find something she forgot to pack," said Lilli. "And brother Robert has taken her," said Lisbeth, with a fleeting glance at the self-deposed fiancée. This revelation of Phyllis's diplomacy came upon me with a shock. She is such a simple-minded Angel; but I suppose all girls are alike in some ways.
A one-octave scale, sung slowly in one breath, or at most in two, is an excellent exercise. You remember Lilli Lehmann's talks about the 'long scale'? But the way in which she uses it perhaps no one but a Lehmann could imitate. What a wonderful woman she was and is! She has such a remarkable physique, and can endure any amount of effort and fatigue.
"Talking of malaria," she began in her serenest manner, "I always remember what my dearest Madame Lilli told me. It was at one of Prince Teano's concerts. You remember, signorino?" "Chè! How should I remember," he exclaimed. "It is a lifetime ago, dead and forgotten." The old lady shrank, as if a glass of water had been rudely thrown in her face. She said nothing, staring blindly.
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