re-e-e

Updated: May 7, 2025

He blushed red and turned away, but he opened his mouth and made a sound. "Do-o-o-o!" He sang like the master, but much weaker. "Not so bad; now the next, Re-e-e!" Nino followed him. And so on, up the scale. After a few more notes, De Pretis ceased to smile, and cried, "Go on, go on!" after every note, authoritatively, and in quite a different manner from his first kindly encouragement.

F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford - A Roman Singer