The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 2 The New Margarita Free Famous Audiobooks Tale Teller Books.
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the phantom of the opera the guest on larue chapter 3 the mysterious reason during this time the farewell ceremony was taking place i have already said that this magnificent function was being given on the occasion of the retirement of monsieur de bien and monsieur who had determined to die game as we say nowadays

they had been assisted in the realization of their ideal though melancholy program but all that counted in the social and artistic world of paris all these people met after the performance in the foyer of the ballet where celrelli waited for the arrival of the retiring managers with a glass of champagne in her hand and a little prepared speech at the tip of her tongue behind her the members of cordy ballet young and old discussed the events of the day in whispers or exchanged discreet signals with their friends a noisy crowd of whom surrounded the supper tables arranged along the slanting floor a few of the dancers had already changed into ordinary dress but most of them wore their skirts of gossamer gauze and all had thought it the right thing to put on a special face for the occasion all that is except little james whose 15 summers happy age seemed all ready to have forgotten the ghost and the death of joseph bouquet she never ceased to laugh and chatter to hop about and play practical jokes until monsieur's debian empolinier appeared on the steps of the foyer when she was severely called to order by the impatient czarelli everybody remarked that the retiring managers looked cheerful as is the paris way none will ever be a true parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaity over his sorrows and one of sadness boredom or indifference over his inward joy you know that one of your friends is in trouble do not try to console him he will tell you that he is already comforted but should he have met with good fortune be careful how you congratulate him he thinks it's so natural that he is surprised that you should speak of it in paris our lives are one masked ball and the foyer of the ballet is the last place in which two men so knowing as monsieur debian and monsieur puligne would have made the mistake of betraying their grief however genuine it might be and they were already smiling rather too broadly upon cirelli who had begun to recite her speech when an exclamation from that little mad cap of a james broke the smile of the managers so brutally that the expression of distress and dismay that lay beneath it became apparent to all eyes the opera ghost james yelled these words in a tone of unspeakable terror and her finger pointed among the crowd of dandies to a face so pallid so lugrubrious and so ugly with two such dark black cavities under the straddling eyebrows that the death's head in question immediately scored a huge success the opera ghost the opera ghost everybody laughed and pushed his neighbor and wanted to offer the opera ghost a drink but he was gone he had slipped through the crowd and the others vainly hunted for him while two old gentlemen tried to calm little james and while little jiri stood screaming like a peacock cirelli was furious she had not been able to finish her speech the managers had kissed her thanked her and run away as fast the ghost himself no one was surprised at this for it was known that they were to go through the same ceremony on the floor above in the foyer of the singers and that finally they were themselves to receive their personal friends for the last time in the great lobby outside the manager's office where a regular supper would be served here they found the new managers monsieur armand charman and monsieur fermin...

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 2 The New Margarita Free Famous Audiobooks Tale Teller Books.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org read and recorded by betsy bush marquette michigan january 2006

the phantom of the opera the guest on larue chapter 3 the mysterious reason during this time the farewell ceremony was taking place i have already said that this magnificent function was being given on the occasion of the retirement of monsieur de bien and monsieur who had determined to die game as we say nowadays

they had been assisted in the realization of their ideal though melancholy program but all that counted in the social and artistic world of paris all these people met after the performance in the foyer of the ballet where celrelli waited for the arrival of the retiring managers with a glass of champagne in her hand and a little prepared speech at the tip of her tongue behind her the members of cordy ballet young and old discussed the events of the day in whispers or exchanged discreet signals with their friends a noisy crowd of whom surrounded the supper tables arranged along the slanting floor a few of the dancers had already changed into ordinary dress but most of them wore their skirts of gossamer gauze and all had thought it the right thing to put on a special face for the occasion all that is except little james whose 15 summers happy age seemed all ready to have forgotten the ghost and the death of joseph bouquet she never ceased to laugh and chatter to hop about and play practical jokes until monsieur's debian empolinier appeared on the steps of the foyer when she was severely called to order by the impatient czarelli everybody remarked that the retiring managers looked cheerful as is the paris way none will ever be a true parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaity over his sorrows and one of sadness boredom or indifference over his inward joy you know that one of your friends is in trouble do not try to console him he will tell you that he is already comforted but should he have met with good fortune be careful how you congratulate him he thinks it's so natural that he is surprised that you should speak of it in paris our lives are one masked ball and the foyer of the ballet is the last place in which two men so knowing as monsieur debian and monsieur puligne would have made the mistake of betraying their grief however genuine it might be and they were already smiling rather too broadly upon cirelli who had begun to recite her speech when an exclamation from that little mad cap of a james broke the smile of the managers so brutally that the expression of distress and dismay that lay beneath it became apparent to all eyes the opera ghost james yelled these words in a tone of unspeakable terror and her finger pointed among the crowd of dandies to a face so pallid so lugrubrious and so ugly with two such dark black cavities under the straddling eyebrows that the death's head in question immediately scored a huge success the opera ghost the opera ghost everybody laughed and pushed his neighbor and wanted to offer the opera ghost a drink but he was gone he had slipped through the crowd and the others vainly hunted for him while two old gentlemen tried to calm little james and while little jiri stood screaming like a peacock cirelli was furious she had not been able to finish her speech the managers had kissed her thanked her and run away as fast the ghost himself no one was surprised at this for it was known that they were to go through the same ceremony on the floor above in the foyer of the singers and that finally they were themselves to receive their personal friends for the last time in the great lobby outside the manager's office where a regular supper would be served here they found the new managers monsieur armand charman and monsieur fermin...

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 1 Is it a Ghost? Free Famous Audiobooks Tale Teller Books.

this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org read and recorded by betsy busch marquette michigan january 2006 phantom of the opera by gaston larue chapter 2 the new margarita on the first landing sorelli ran against the calm to change who was coming upstairs the count who was generally so calm seemed greatly excited i was just going to you he said taking off his hat oh cirelli what an evening and christine die what a triumph impossible said meg jiri six months ago she used to sing like a croc but do let us get by my dear count continues the brat with a saucy curtsy we are going to inquire after a poor man who was found hanging by the neck just then the acting manager came fussing past and stopped when he heard this remark what he exclaimed roughly have you girls heard already well please forget about it for tonight and above all don't let monsieur debian and monsieur puligne hear it would upset them too much on their last day they all went on to the foyer of the ballet which was already full of people the compta was right no gala performance ever equaled this one all the great composers of the day had conducted their own works and turns pho and krauss had sung and on that evening christine day had revealed her true self for the first time to the astonished and enthusiastic audience janad had conducted the funeral march of a marionette royer his beautiful overture to siguar

in unpublished hungarian march his carnival delib the vaslant from sylvia and the pizzicati from coppalia mademoiselle krauss had sung the bolero in the vespery siciliani and mademoiselle dini blocked the drinking song in the crazier but the real triumph was reserved for christine day who had begun by singing a few passages from romeo and juliet it was the first time that the young artist sang in this work of gennad which had not been transferred to the opera and which was revived at the opera comic after it had been produced at the old theater lyrique by madame carvelio those who heard her say that her voice in these passages was serafic but this was nothing to the superhuman notes that she gave forth in the prison scene and the final trio in faust which she sang in the place of la carlata who was ill no one had ever heard or seen anything like it dai revealed a new makarita that night a margarita of a splendor a radiance hitherto unsuspected the whole house went mad rising to its feet shouting cheering clapping while christine sobbed and fainted in the arms of her fellow singers and had to be carried to her dressing room a few subscribers however protested why had so great a treasure been kept from them all that time till then christine day had played a good sible to carlotta's rather too splendidly material margherita and it had needed carlotta's incomprehensible and inexcusable absence from this gala night for the little daye at a moment's warning to show all that she could do in a part of the program reserved for the spanish diva well what the subscribers wanted to know was why had debian and pauline applied to daily when carlotta was taken ill did they know of her hidden genius and if they knew of it why had they kept it hidden and why had she kept it hidden oddly enough she was not known to have a professor of singing at that moment she had often said she meant to practice alone for the future the whole thing was a mystery the calm dash knee standing up in his box listened to all this frenzy and took part in it by loudly applauding philippe josh marie konteshogni was just 41 years of age he was a great aristocrat and a good-looking man above middle height and with attractive features in spite of his hard forehead and rather cold eyes he was exquisitely polite to the women and a little haughty to the men who did...

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 1 Is it a Ghost? Free Famous Audiobooks Tale Teller Books.

this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information and to find out how you can volunteer please visit librivox.org read and recorded by betsy busch marquette michigan january 2006 phantom of the opera by gaston larue chapter 2 the new margarita on the first landing sorelli ran against the calm to change who was coming upstairs the count who was generally so calm seemed greatly excited i was just going to you he said taking off his hat oh cirelli what an evening and christine die what a triumph impossible said meg jiri six months ago she used to sing like a croc but do let us get by my dear count continues the brat with a saucy curtsy we are going to inquire after a poor man who was found hanging by the neck just then the acting manager came fussing past and stopped when he heard this remark what he exclaimed roughly have you girls heard already well please forget about it for tonight and above all don't let monsieur debian and monsieur puligne hear it would upset them too much on their last day they all went on to the foyer of the ballet which was already full of people the compta was right no gala performance ever equaled this one all the great composers of the day had conducted their own works and turns pho and krauss had sung and on that evening christine day had revealed her true self for the first time to the astonished and enthusiastic audience janad had conducted the funeral march of a marionette royer his beautiful overture to siguar

in unpublished hungarian march his carnival delib the vaslant from sylvia and the pizzicati from coppalia mademoiselle krauss had sung the bolero in the vespery siciliani and mademoiselle dini blocked the drinking song in the crazier but the real triumph was reserved for christine day who had begun by singing a few passages from romeo and juliet it was the first time that the young artist sang in this work of gennad which had not been transferred to the opera and which was revived at the opera comic after it had been produced at the old theater lyrique by madame carvelio those who heard her say that her voice in these passages was serafic but this was nothing to the superhuman notes that she gave forth in the prison scene and the final trio in faust which she sang in the place of la carlata who was ill no one had ever heard or seen anything like it dai revealed a new makarita that night a margarita of a splendor a radiance hitherto unsuspected the whole house went mad rising to its feet shouting cheering clapping while christine sobbed and fainted in the arms of her fellow singers and had to be carried to her dressing room a few subscribers however protested why had so great a treasure been kept from them all that time till then christine day had played a good sible to carlotta's rather too splendidly material margherita and it had needed carlotta's incomprehensible and inexcusable absence from this gala night for the little daye at a moment's warning to show all that she could do in a part of the program reserved for the spanish diva well what the subscribers wanted to know was why had debian and pauline applied to daily when carlotta was taken ill did they know of her hidden genius and if they knew of it why had they kept it hidden and why had she kept it hidden oddly enough she was not known to have a professor of singing at that moment she had often said she meant to practice alone for the future the whole thing was a mystery the calm dash knee standing up in his box listened to all this frenzy and took part in it by loudly applauding philippe josh marie konteshogni was just 41 years of age he was a great aristocrat and a good-looking man above middle height and with attractive features in spite of his hard forehead and rather cold eyes he was exquisitely polite to the women and a little haughty to the men who did...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3 Free Audiobook Family Novels Public Domain Period Drama.

chapter 3 of northanger abbey this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by elizabeth clutt houston texas february 2008 northanger abbey by jane austen chapter 3 every morning now brought its regular duties shops were to be visited some new part of the town to be looked at and the pump room to be attended where they paraded up and down for an hour looking at everybody and speaking to no one the wish of a numerous acquaintance in bath was still uppermost with mrs allen and she repeated it after every fresh proof which every morning brought of her knowing nobody at all they made their appearance in the lower rooms and here fortune was more favorable to our heroine the master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentleman-like young man as a partner his name was tilney he seemed to be about four or five and twenty was rather tall had a pleasing countenance a very intelligent and lively eye and if not quite handsome was very near it his address was good and catherine felt herself in high luck there was little leisure for speaking while they danced but when they were seated at t she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being he talked with fluency and spirit and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested though it was hardly understood by her after chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them he suddenly addressed her with i have hitherto being very remiss madam in the proper attentions of a partner here i have not yet asked you how long you've been in bath whether you were ever here before whether you have been at the upper rooms the theater and the concert and how you like the place all together i have been very negligent but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars if you are i will begin directly you need not give yourself that trouble sir no trouble i assure you madam then forming his features into a set smile and effectively softening his voice he added with a simpering air have you been long in both madame about a week sir replied catherine trying not to laugh really with affected astonishment why should you be surprised sir why indeed said he in his natural tone but some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply and surprise is more easily assumed and not less reasonable than any other now let us go on were you never here before madam never sir indeed have you yet honored the upper rooms yes sir i was there last monday have you been to the theater yes sir i was at the play on tuesday to the concert yes sir on wednesday and are you all together pleased with bath yes i like it very well now i must give one smirk and then we may be rational again catherine turned away her head not knowing whether she might venture to laugh i see what you think of me said he gravely i shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow my journal yes i know exactly what she will say friday went to the lower rooms wore my sprig muslin robe with blue trimmings plain black shoes appeared to much advantage but was strangely harassed by a queer half-witted man who would make me dance with him and distressed me by his nonsense indeed i shall say no such thing shall i tell you what you ought to say if you please i danced with a very agreeable young man introduced by mr king had a great deal of conversation with him seems a most extraordinary genius hope i may know more of him that madam is what i wish you to say but perhaps i keep no journal perhaps you are not sitting in this room and i am not sitting by you these are points in which a doubt is equally possible not keep a journal how are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in bath without one how are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related...

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3 Free Audiobook Family Novels Public Domain Period Drama.

chapter 3 of northanger abbey this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by elizabeth clutt houston texas february 2008 northanger abbey by jane austen chapter 3 every morning now brought its regular duties shops were to be visited some new part of the town to be looked at and the pump room to be attended where they paraded up and down for an hour looking at everybody and speaking to no one the wish of a numerous acquaintance in bath was still uppermost with mrs allen and she repeated it after every fresh proof which every morning brought of her knowing nobody at all they made their appearance in the lower rooms and here fortune was more favorable to our heroine the master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentleman-like young man as a partner his name was tilney he seemed to be about four or five and twenty was rather tall had a pleasing countenance a very intelligent and lively eye and if not quite handsome was very near it his address was good and catherine felt herself in high luck there was little leisure for speaking while they danced but when they were seated at t she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being he talked with fluency and spirit and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested though it was hardly understood by her after chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them he suddenly addressed her with i have hitherto being very remiss madam in the proper attentions of a partner here i have not yet asked you how long you've been in bath whether you were ever here before whether you have been at the upper rooms the theater and the concert and how you like the place all together i have been very negligent but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars if you are i will begin directly you need not give yourself that trouble sir no trouble i assure you madam then forming his features into a set smile and effectively softening his voice he added with a simpering air have you been long in both madame about a week sir replied catherine trying not to laugh really with affected astonishment why should you be surprised sir why indeed said he in his natural tone but some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply and surprise is more easily assumed and not less reasonable than any other now let us go on were you never here before madam never sir indeed have you yet honored the upper rooms yes sir i was there last monday have you been to the theater yes sir i was at the play on tuesday to the concert yes sir on wednesday and are you all together pleased with bath yes i like it very well now i must give one smirk and then we may be rational again catherine turned away her head not knowing whether she might venture to laugh i see what you think of me said he gravely i shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow my journal yes i know exactly what she will say friday went to the lower rooms wore my sprig muslin robe with blue trimmings plain black shoes appeared to much advantage but was strangely harassed by a queer half-witted man who would make me dance with him and distressed me by his nonsense indeed i shall say no such thing shall i tell you what you ought to say if you please i danced with a very agreeable young man introduced by mr king had a great deal of conversation with him seems a most extraordinary genius hope i may know more of him that madam is what i wish you to say but perhaps i keep no journal perhaps you are not sitting in this room and i am not sitting by you these are points in which a doubt is equally possible not keep a journal how are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in bath without one how are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related...

Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2 Free Audiobook Family Novels Public Domain Period Drama

Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2 Free Audiobook Family Novels Public Domain Period Drama

The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne 3 Free teens Adventure Audiobook Children's Library.
chapter 3 of the coral island this librebox recording is in the public domain recording by tom weiss the coral island by r.m valentine chapter 3 the coral island our first cogitations after landing and the result of them we conclude that the island is uninhabited

there is a strange and peculiar sensation experienced in recovering from a state of insensibility which is almost indescribable a sort of dreamy confused consciousness a half-waking half-sleeping condition accompanied with a feeling of weariness which however is by no means disagreeable as i slowly recovered and heard the voice of peterkin inquiring whether i felt better i thought that i must have overslept myself and should be sent to the masthead for being lazy but before i could leap up in haste the thought seemed to vanish suddenly away and i fancied that i must have been ill then a balmy breeze fanned my cheek and i thought of home and the garden at the back of my father's cottage with its luxuriant flowers and the sweet scented honeysuckle that my dear mother trained so carefully upon the trellis porch but the roaring of the surf put these delightful thoughts to flight and i was back again at sea watching the dolphins and the flying fish and reefing top sails off the wild and stormy cape horn gradually the roar of the surf became louder and more distinct i thought of being wrecked far far away from my native land and slowly opened my eyes to meet those of my companion jack who with a look of intense anxiety was gazing into my face speak to us my dear ralph whispered jack tenderly are you better now i smiled and looked up saying better why what do you mean jack i'm quite well then what are you shaming for and frightening us in this way said peterkin smiling through his tears for the poor boy had been really under the impression that i was dying i now raised myself on my elbow and putting my hand to my forehead found that it had been cut pretty severely and that i had lost a good deal of blood come come ralph said jack pressing me gently backward lie down my boy you're not right yet wet your lips with this water it's cool and clear as crystal i got it from a spring close at hand there now don't say a word hold your tongue he said seeing me about to speak i'll tell you all about it but you must not utter a syllable till you have rested well

oh don't stop him from speaking jack said peterkin who now that his fears for my safety were removed busied himself in erecting a shelter of broken branches in order to protect me from the wind which however was almost unnecessary for the rock beside me which i had been laid completely broke the force of the gale let him speak jack it's a comfort to hear that he's alive after lying there stiff and white and sulky for a whole hour just like an egyptian mummy never saw such a fellow as you are ralph always up to mischief you've almost knocked out all my teeth and more than half choked me and now you go shaming dead it's very wicked of you indeed it is while peterkin ran on in this style my faculties became quite clear again and i began to understand my position what do you mean by saying i half choked you peterkin said i what do i mean is english not your mother tongue or do you want me to repeat it in french by way of making it clear don't you remember i remember nothing said i interrupting him after we were thrown into the sea hush peterkin said jack you're exciting ralph with your nonsense i'll explain it to you you recollect that after the ship struck we three sprang over the bow into the sea well i noticed that the oar struck your head and gave you that cut on the brow which nearly stunned you so that you grasped peter can round the neck without knowing apparently what you were about in doing so you pushed the telescope which you clung to as if it had been your life against peterkin's mouth pushed it...

The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne 3 Free teens Adventure Audiobook Children's Library.
chapter 3 of the coral island this librebox recording is in the public domain recording by tom weiss the coral island by r.m valentine chapter 3 the coral island our first cogitations after landing and the result of them we conclude that the island is uninhabited

there is a strange and peculiar sensation experienced in recovering from a state of insensibility which is almost indescribable a sort of dreamy confused consciousness a half-waking half-sleeping condition accompanied with a feeling of weariness which however is by no means disagreeable as i slowly recovered and heard the voice of peterkin inquiring whether i felt better i thought that i must have overslept myself and should be sent to the masthead for being lazy but before i could leap up in haste the thought seemed to vanish suddenly away and i fancied that i must have been ill then a balmy breeze fanned my cheek and i thought of home and the garden at the back of my father's cottage with its luxuriant flowers and the sweet scented honeysuckle that my dear mother trained so carefully upon the trellis porch but the roaring of the surf put these delightful thoughts to flight and i was back again at sea watching the dolphins and the flying fish and reefing top sails off the wild and stormy cape horn gradually the roar of the surf became louder and more distinct i thought of being wrecked far far away from my native land and slowly opened my eyes to meet those of my companion jack who with a look of intense anxiety was gazing into my face speak to us my dear ralph whispered jack tenderly are you better now i smiled and looked up saying better why what do you mean jack i'm quite well then what are you shaming for and frightening us in this way said peterkin smiling through his tears for the poor boy had been really under the impression that i was dying i now raised myself on my elbow and putting my hand to my forehead found that it had been cut pretty severely and that i had lost a good deal of blood come come ralph said jack pressing me gently backward lie down my boy you're not right yet wet your lips with this water it's cool and clear as crystal i got it from a spring close at hand there now don't say a word hold your tongue he said seeing me about to speak i'll tell you all about it but you must not utter a syllable till you have rested well

oh don't stop him from speaking jack said peterkin who now that his fears for my safety were removed busied himself in erecting a shelter of broken branches in order to protect me from the wind which however was almost unnecessary for the rock beside me which i had been laid completely broke the force of the gale let him speak jack it's a comfort to hear that he's alive after lying there stiff and white and sulky for a whole hour just like an egyptian mummy never saw such a fellow as you are ralph always up to mischief you've almost knocked out all my teeth and more than half choked me and now you go shaming dead it's very wicked of you indeed it is while peterkin ran on in this style my faculties became quite clear again and i began to understand my position what do you mean by saying i half choked you peterkin said i what do i mean is english not your mother tongue or do you want me to repeat it in french by way of making it clear don't you remember i remember nothing said i interrupting him after we were thrown into the sea hush peterkin said jack you're exciting ralph with your nonsense i'll explain it to you you recollect that after the ship struck we three sprang over the bow into the sea well i noticed that the oar struck your head and gave you that cut on the brow which nearly stunned you so that you grasped peter can round the neck without knowing apparently what you were about in doing so you pushed the telescope which you clung to as if it had been your life against peterkin's mouth pushed it...