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Fables for the Fair
Thought that the Brasses were a little Flat and that the Eighth Bar of Your Aria in the First Scene was a Little Hurried. Am I Right?"
"Very Probably," replied the Great Tenor. "And does your Cousin, too, Like the Opera?"
"Very much,” said the Cousin. "Especially since I have learned to Distinguish between the Kinds."
"And How do you Do that?" inquired the Great Tenor, with Interest.
"Oh, there are Many Points of Difference," she replied. "In the First Place, the Women wear Flowing Robes in German Opera, but Corsets and Trains in Other Kinds. Then you Yourself wear High Boots and a Long Mantle in Italian, but Low Shoes and a Short Mantle in German."
"What you Say is True," remarked the
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