“And you look as young as ever! Younger!”
It was the first kind word which she had heard for many a day; and since it had been spoken by him whom she had wronged, she realised what a splendid character he had, and said so.
“I hope you haven’t lost your voice?” asked the conductor, who could not bear flattery.
“I don’t know,” she sobbed.
“Come to me to-morrow... yes, come to the Opera-house, and then we shall see. I am conducting there....”
The singer went, not once or twice, but many times, and regained her former position.
The public had forgiven and forgotten all the evil she had done. And she became greater and more famous than she had been before.
Isn’t that an edifying story?