He scarcely dared to trust himself to bring up the subject now nearest his heart.
But the careful directions of Mr.Fritz Braun had given Lilienthal his cue.

The dealer babbled on of pleasant trivial things as they stemmed the tide of the crowded streets.

"I hope that Fraeulein Gluyas will soon appear in opera and achieve the success which she deserves.

She is really here incognito, and spends all her time in private musical practice at Chickering Hall and the study of languages." "Why this secrecy ?" asked Clayton.
"Ah! My dear sir! These are the ways of impresarios.

If Grau does not secure a certain great operatic star with whom he has quarrelled, then Fraeulein Gluyas will be brought out with a great flourish of trumpets under a stage name to be selected later.