The Hungarian nightingale studies there, and only takes her hall practice here in the off season, in Chickering's empty salon.

There is a jealous professional mystery in this secrecy.

The summer is the opera's off season, just as the winter is the same for the great circus and travelling shows.

The hardest work is thus veiled from the public.

The impresario is always a wily individual." "And the lady's real residence ?" impatiently queried the budding lover.