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Updated: May 31, 2025
There was only one instrument in the house which could create this infernal din the orchestrion in the drawing-room, immediately above which, he recalled, his room was situated. He rang the bell for Webster. "Is Mr. Mortimer playing that that damned gas-engine in the drawing-room?" "Yes, sir. Tosti's 'Good-bye. A charming air, sir." "Go and tell him to stop it!" "Very good, sir." Mr.
As for Mme. Melba, not to be set in the shade simply because Mme. Sembrich is almost as good a pianist as she is a singer, she supplements Arditi's waltz or Massenet's "Sevillana" with Tosti's "Mattinata," to which she also plays an exquisite accompaniment.
You first, Hippy, because I want Nora to sing Tosti's 'Serenata, and a comic song afterward will completely spoil the effect." Hippy sang two songs in his own inimitable fashion. Then Nora's sweet, high soprano voice began the "Serenata" to the subdued tinkling accompaniment of Reddy's mandolin.
But the crowning moment of the evening had been when, after supper, the guests had gathered in the living-room to do stunts, and Constance had sung Tosti's "Good-bye" and "Thy Blue Eyes," her exquisite voice coming as a bewildering surprise to the assembled young people. How they had crowded around her afterward! How glad Marjorie had been at the success of her plan, and how Mr.
Harlowe as they stepped into the hall. "I must see Bridget about luncheon. I'll return directly." Left to herself, Nora went over to the piano. Her fingers wandering lightly over the keys, almost unconsciously she dropped into the plaintive prelude of Tosti's "Good-bye." Why that particularly pathetic farewell to summer and love should have occurred to her at such a time she did not know.
Tosti's Goodbye. A charming air, sir." "Charming air be ! Tell him to stop it." "Very good, sir." The valet withdrew like a duke leaving the royal presence, not actually walking backwards, but giving the impression of doing so. Mr. Bennett lay in bed and fumed. Presently the valet returned. The music still continued to roll about the room.
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