"Your part will be that of the daisy."
"Beautiful, beautiful!"
"Permit me to play you the first cavatina."
Ticellini hurried to the piano and began to play.
Luciola listened attentively and nodded satisfaction as Ticellini sung the verses.
"That will do," she said. "Get everything ready for the rehearsals; I shall sing the part."
She went out, and the next day the rehearsals began for the new opera, the first performance of which was to take place on the 15th of May, 1848.