Chapter 18

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌⁠There was an atmosphere of mourning everywhere as the enormous audience issued from the exits. It had assisted at the obsequies of a tremendous love, and all the eyes were sad.

Forbes had seen it stated until he had come to believe it, that the Metropolitan Opera was supported by snobs who attended merely to show off their jewels, and that the true music-lovers were to be found in the gallery. It c