Sealed Lips — page 97: what you’re looking at

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SEALED LIPS. 89 For several weeks Godefroid had been in the sec- ond stage. Days would pass without a person step- ping over the threshold to inquire how the invalid was. Patrice continued to watch over and care for him. Madame Sauval multiplied her visits. Often, to let the convalescent rest, they would go into the little parlor and talk. “Madam,” said the young man one day, “are you not surprised or rather uneasy to see that ‘Con- stantin’ is no longer advertised? They have only given fifteen representations in all, if I am not mistaken.” “Tt is true,” said the Roumanian, “that the suc- cess of the piece has stopped short. The author’s illness was unfortunate for him.” “For him and for your daughter,” said Patrice, “for I have not heard that they have given her any other role.” “Monsieur,” replied the lady, in a perfectly straightforward manner, “I do not deceive myself. The role of Adossides is the first that my daughter has ever sung; it will be the last. You understand very well that Ido not speak with such frankness to our friend; he has his expectations; I respect them, but I. havea quick ear, and | hear people talk who know aboutit. My daughter has talent, intelligence, and the advantages that it does not become me to boast of. She made a success, and at the first attempt had the public in her favor. An- other would feel pleased, and would make her way. Eomicbooks Cc @)