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The automobile that had carried her away had not been her own, and the

chauffeur was unknown None of the directors at the Opera had been

notified of any change in the singer's plans She had disappeared, and

they were deeply concerned Singers were generally erratic, full of sudden

indispositions, unaccountable whinorina da Toscana was one

in a thousand She never broke an engagement If she was ill she said so

at once; she never left them in doubt until the last moment Indecision

was not one of her characteristics She was as reliable as the sun If the

directors did not hear definitely frouerite

The police began to move, and they stirred up some curious bits of

inforer's chauffeur, while she

was singing at the Austrian aer with so

episode in the apartht of the e to whom the beautiful American would offer no

explanations The iven by the

chauffeur) had obtained entrance under false representations He claimed

to be an emissary with i unusual in this; ers came at all hours, and seldoe's suspicions had not been aroused Another

item A tall handso, but the signorina had sent doord that she could not see him

The ht with