A Parisian Romance — page 172: what you’re looking at

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A PARISIAN ROMANCE. © 163 if I should succeed on the stage? How many voices are there which produce more or less effect in a drawing-room, and yet absolutely fail in a theater!” “But your voice is most essentially.a voice for the stage,” replied Juliani, eagerly. “You must ac- knowledge that I know a little of what Iam speak- ing. Should I have proposed to you the terms that I took the liberty to submit to you, if I had not the most absolute confidence in your success? Your success? Why, it would be without precedent. We should set America on fire with enthusiasm! Think of it! A songstress who has never been heard in Kurope, and who gives the first fruits of her talents to the Americans! You know their jealous patriot- ism. Why, they will adopt you with acclamation. You will be for them a national star. They will carry you in triumph from one pole to the other, from Quebec to New York, from New York to New Orleans, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro! For as I have already told you, I intend to go to North, South, and Central America; my route is all laid out and my engagements made everywhere. It will only take a year, and at the end of that time, if there is anything certain in this world, you will return to ‘France with your million in your pocket, and offer it to your husband, who will be enchanted.” Juliani paused, and Marcelle, who had been listening in rapt attention, sighed, as one awaking from a dream. “T do not think my husband would be exactly im GEomichbookssco