. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . ves her a letter which he had found addressedto her at the time the baby Marie was found onthe battlefield. The Marchioness, who had married a Frencharmy captain far beneath her own rank, imme-diately recognizes the young girl as her daugh-ter. The marriage had been a secret one andthe child was confided to her fathers care at herbirth. Not wishing to acknowledge this marriageeven now, the Marchioness declares Marie to beher niec
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . ves her a letter which he had found addressedto her at the time the baby Marie was found onthe battlefield. The Marchioness, who had married a Frencharmy captain far beneath her own rank, imme-diately recognizes the young girl as her daugh-ter. The marriage had been a secret one andthe child was confided to her fathers care at herbirth. Not wishing to acknowledge this marriageeven now, the Marchioness declares Marie to beher niece, and dismisses Tonio as a totally unfitperson to wed a high-born maiden. Marie assumes her proper position in society,her aunt selecting a wealthy Count asa future husband for her. However, in the midstof all her beautiful surroundings Marie continuesto long for her sweetheart Tonio. Her mother,still pretending to be her aunt, endeavors to FROM AN OLD PRINT 11 • T • J .1 persuade her to give up 1 onto and marry thejenny lind as marie Count> but MmU fl^ly refuses> In desperation the Marchioness reveals herself as the girls own mother, and the maiden.
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