John Ward's Governess

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Excerpt from John Ward's Governess: A NovelIT was in the year 18 and the last season of the beautiful but ill-fated Astor Place Opera House. The house that had been so poorly supported was this one evening full to over¿owing, for a very popular opera was being performed. The suthu siasm was great, and the applause eneral, as the favorite cantatrice finished one of er most di¿i cult roulades, and bowed smilingly in answer to her warm reception. She had been much ad mired the preceding Winter, and the second week of Rosa Bertini'e engagement was truly a brilliant ovation.It was a glowing, living, beautiful scene - the animated faces that greeted her, and the small gloved hands that did their share in the genuine enthusiasm of their applause. The song so gen erally applauded was repeated, and the Signorina Bertmi sent a happy, eager, and saucy glance to one of the stage boxes, as, bowing and smiling, she ran off the stage, her hands filled to over ¿owing with ¿owers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.