What I want to know, is what sort of a scenic presence has she?
Can she take the stage?
I do not ask if she is captivating in a drawing-room; but has she the face and figure needed to be effective in the theatre?
I need not tell you, my friend, that these are two different things, and do not always go together," said the Marchese, whose interest in the matter was, as he said, wholly theatrical; first, that he and the society of Ravenna should enjoy some fine singing during the coming Carnival; and, secondly that the Lalli should produce such an enthusiasm as should lead all the theatrical world to think and say that a great stroke had been achieved, and a very public-spirited thing done in bringing about the engagement.

He was anxious that the step, which he had had a large share in taking, should result in a great and universally admitted success.
"Eccellenza! I have no doubt that your lordship will be satisfied in these respects.

Most true it is, as your Excellency so judiciously remarks, that we require something more than merely a beautiful face, or even than a fine figure.

And I have never had the good fortune to see 'La Lalli' on the boards.

But as far as my poor judgment goes, she is admirably gifted with all the requisites for achieving the result we desire.