Excerpt from The Minor Chord: A Story of a Prima Donna
In the zenith of my career as a prima donna known to multitudes, I am alone. The glare of the footlights, the plaudits of audiences in both hemispheres, the praise of critics, the tokens of esteem and adoration of admirers - in spite of it all, I am lonely; my life is a minor chord.
How empty it all is!
Not long ago, a poor American girl! Now it seems as if there was nothing left to wish for, yet there is everything. No friend in whom I can confide and tell my heart's heart. My feelings have overcome me tonight, and I undertake a long-dreamt-of task.
My real life is too much threaded with commonplace to appear romantic. I started out with a deception, and now the real truth must never be known while my stage career lasts. No friend to sympathize with me! Although known everywhere, I am unknown, miserably unknown to those I have loved - loved and lost.
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