" Takes after me! And what a voice she has; though she's my daughter, I tell the truth when I say she'll be a singer, a second Salomoni! We have engaged an Italian to give her lessons.

" "Isn't she too young? I have heard that it harms the voice to train it at that age.

" "Oh no, not at all too young!" replied the count.

" Why, our mothers used to be married at twelve or thirteen.