The old
_maestro_, in praying his illustrious and celebrated correspondent to
accept his respectful submissions, likewise begged of him, should
anything be learned with regard to the Signorina Rossi, to communicate
farther. There was no hope in that quarter.
But one morning Estelle made a new suggestion.
"There is something I have recalled; yes, it is perhaps of not great
importance; yet perhaps again," she said. "One day Nina and I, we were
speaking of this thing and the other, and she said it was right and
proper that a young lady should have a _dot_--what is the English?--no
matter. She said the young lady should bring something towards the--the
management; and she asked how she or I could do that. Then comes her
plan. She was thinking of it before she arrives in England. It was to go
to America--to be engaged for concerts--oh, they pay large, large
salaries, if you have a good voice--and Nina would take engagements for
all the big cities, until she got over to San Francisco, and from there
to Australia--a great tour--a long time--but at the end, then she has
the little fortune, and she is independent, whatever happens.
Marriage?--well, perhaps not, but she is independent.
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