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His first opera, 'Der Bärenhäuter' , was fairly successful, principally owing to a fantastic and semi-comic libretto. 'Herzog Wildfang' and 'Der Kobold' failed completely, nor does his latest work, 'Bruder Lustig' , raise very sanguine hopes as to its young composer's future career.
Before anything like this was fairly under way, a scene of semi-tragic, semi-comic intensity had been enacted in the presence of a rapidly gathering audience. "It was worth more than the price of admission to hear Blake tell it afterwards," said the officers, later.
Saltash leaned back in his chair with a laugh. "Very smart of you! Bunny certainly is my first proposition. What are you going to do with him?" Jake also leaned back, and smoked for several seconds in silence. Saltash watched him with semi-comic curiosity. "Something of a problem, eh?" he said, after a pause. Jake's eyes came to him and remained upon him with steady insistence.
The semi-comic phrase fell from his lips in the professional tone; in speaking of the arrest as an honour to himself, he was making an attempt to be civil according to his lights. He made a step forward in the direction of the young girl, but Giovanni seized him firmly by the wrist. He made no effort to release himself, however, but stood still.
Shortly after this curious conversation, which was never renewed between them, or, at least, but once, a new element entered into the drama, the necessary semi-comic element without which everything would be so dull.
He now no longer contradicted her, so that an end was put to the earlier semi-comic warfare he had waged against her; even in his gestures there was a certain reserve. She inspired him with the astonishment and admiration which are called forth by women of exceptional moral strength. The servants, too, were different, even though the cloud had passed.
They were to start very early in the morning, she said, and she must have rest. When the two men were alone, the Prince turned upon his son in semi-comic anger, and upbraided him with his obstinate dulness during the evening. Giovanni only smiled calmly, and shrugged his shoulders. There was nothing more to be said.
That counts for something, my Toby. They don't take up with everybody." "They haven't done much for me so far," said Toby, suddenly rebellious. "Hush!" said Saltash, with semi-comic warning. "You are too young to say that." "I am older than you think, sir," said Toby, colouring painfully and turning from his look. "No, you're not!" Swiftly, with a certain arrogance, Saltash made answer.
You're awfully tired, aren't you?" It was absurd, but a curious desire to weep possessed her. "Yes, I know," said Saltash, with his semi-comic tenderness. "Don't mind me! I knew you'd come to it sooner or later. You're not used to playing the sister of mercy are you, ma mie, though it becomes you vastly well." "Don't, Charles!" she murmured faintly.
There was a most singular semi-comic expression in the old withered face that nearly made me laugh at first; but as I continued to look steadily at it, I perceived that, despite the long-worn wrinkles that low Irish drollery and fun had furrowed around the angles of his mouth, the real character of his look was one of sorrowful compassion.
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