CHAPTER 1.III.
Fra si contrarie tempre in ghiaccio e in foco, In riso e in pianto, e fra paura e speme L'ingannatrice Donna-- "Gerusal.

Lib.," cant.iv.

xciv.
(Between such contrarious mixtures of ice and fire, laughter and tears,--fear and hope, the deceiving dame.) Now notwithstanding the triumph both of the singer and the opera, there had been one moment in the first act, and, consequently, BEFORE the arrival of Pisani, when the scale seemed more than doubtful.

It was in a chorus replete with all the peculiarities of the composer.

And when the Maelstrom of Capricci whirled and foamed, and tore ear and sense through every variety of sound, the audience simultaneously recognised the hand of Pisani.