She was a little awkward in the
management of her draperies I thought, but I daresay she does not know
much about dancing. Still it was very graceful and effective for an
amateur, and she carried it off very well."
"Oh, but she is not quite an amateur," said Georgie. "She has played in
Salome."
Lucia pursed her lips.
"Indeed, I am sorry she played in that," she said. "With her
undoubtedly great gifts I should have thought she might have found a
worthier object. Naturally I have not heard it. I should be very much
ashamed to be seen there. But about our tableaux now. Peppino thought
we might open with the Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. It is a
dreadful thing that I have lost my pearls. He would be the executioner
and you the priest. Then I should like to have the awakening of
Brunnhilde."
"That would be lovely," said Georgie. "Have you asked Miss Olga if she
will?"
"_Georgino mio_, you don't quite understand," said Lucia. "This
party is to be for Miss Bracely. I was her guest last night in spite of
the gramophone, and indeed I hope she will find nothing in my house
that jars on her as much as her gramophone jarred on me. I had a
dreadful nightmare last night--didn't I, Peppino?--in consequence.
About the Brunnhilde tableaux, I thought Peppino would be Siegfried--and
perhaps you could learn just fifteen or twenty bars of the music and
play it while the curtain was up.
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