FEINBERG/WHITMAN   LITERARY FILE   Prose  "Antoinette the Courtesan" (undated) A. MS. draft.
Box 35  Folder 35
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Antoinette the Courtesan: prose fragment. A. MS. (1p. 31 1/2
21 cm.)
Written in ink on one side of white unlined paper, with only two
corrections, about 130 words:
Bright were the gleams which the mirrors flashed back from
the profuse gas-lights of the chandeliers, in the suite of parlors
where Antoinette the courtesan received her visitors and
friends.--All was in good taste; yet all was rich and elegant.--
There were pictures on the walls, and statues in the corners.--
What air was that, from a first-class performer, after a
capricious yet harmonious prelude, struck with vigorous fingers,
[from] on a fine piano-forte--a noble and pensive song, which the
player, [after] repeating on the instrument a few times, followed
with his voice--attracting the admiration of the whole company?--
It was a quaint old Scotch ballad, a tale of love, jealousy and
death.--The laughing and conversation were hushed, as it proceeded,
and when it closed, there was quite a silence.--
Bright were the gleams which the
mirrors flashed back from the profuse gas lights
of the chandeliers, in the suite of parlors
where Antoinette the courtesan received her
visitors and friends.-All was in good
taste; yet all was rich and elegant.-
There were pictures on the walls, and
statues in the corners.-
What air was that from a first
class performer, after a capricious, yet
harmonious prelude, struck with vigorous
fingers, [from] on a fine piano-forte - a
noble and pensive song which the player
[after] repeating o the instrument a few
times, followed with his voice - attracting
the admiration of the whole company?-
It was a quaint old Scotch ballad,
a tale of love, jealousy ad death.-The
laughing and conversation were hushed, as
it proceeded, and when it closed, there was
quite a silence.-