Trilby

Mon ami, an apple is an excellent thing - until you have tried a peach! Her voice to that of Alboni is as a peach to an apple - I give you my word of honour! but bah! the voice is a detail. It’s what she does with it - it’s incredible! it gives one cold all down the back! it drives you mad! it makes you weep hot tears by the spoonful! Ah! the tear, mon fy! tenez! I can draw everything but that! Ca n'est pas dans mes cordes! I can only madden with love! But La Svengali! …And then, in the middle of it all, prrrout! …she makes you laugh! Ah! le beau rire! faire rire avec des larmes plein les yeux - voila qui me passe! …Mon ami, when I heard her it made me swear that even I would never try to sing any more.