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Scan 22
Voice and violin, 1898
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 2. See the scan on archive.org.
1Madlle. Phillis who enchanted the audiences of the opera by her singing of Grétry's music, was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal as a suspected character, to be tried by these self-appointed judges.
3"What is your real name?" he was asked.
4"Phillis," replied the musician.
5"What do you do?"
6"I play the guitar."
7"What did you do under the tyrant?" (this was an allusion to the poor king, who had just been executed).
8"I played the guitar."
9"What are you going to do for the Republic?"
10"I shall play the guitar."
11The inquiry did not proceed any further. It was absolutely impossible to find this man guilty or dangerous, so he was allowed to go.
13But some four years before the actual Revolution broke out, a truly marvellous occurrence took place at Marseilles, on the 15th August 1785, when Antoinette Clavel, then known as Madame St. Huberty, the celebrated singer, visited that city. Numerous ladies escorted her in a gondola to a pavilion, which was surrounded by at least two hundred little boats crowded with persons of all classes. She was saluted by a salvo of artillery, as if she had been some distinguished general. The Greek ladies of Marseilles presented
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