n ibar, and a young Asolini tenor arted a couple of days before—er performing Sandre dAstibars funeral rites last fall.

    Rumors of every kind  spring, but fehis one: such a prodigy was

    unlikely in treme to be singing in a put-toget in fact tenor ional voice and c week.

    trut and a room upstairs if t. Solingibar for almost ten years. A friend, and more t; as it  rons of to Senzio expressly to meet t , poured s every nig to sleep t Alessan knew w he was doing.

    ticular afternoon trons enjoying tenors rousing rendition of a Certandan ballad  of to treet omers. Note in t, of course. Or not until t ed greeting, tage, and trument and followed, if more slowly.

    t ensued ably cynical conclusions about ture of ty not included a pair of exceptionally attractive young  red  against o to be crus t of a cadaverous looking Ko of ty.

    A moment later anot resonance t even stilled tement of tly over to t arrived. t rembling.

    quot;Baerd?quot; they heard him say.

    t of silence. t;Naddo?quot; in a tone even t innocent Senzian could interpret. Any lingering doubts about t o rest a second later by two men embraced eacher.

    t.

    More tion, decided t ion, and er t appeared if t.

    Alais regea in a state of excitement t broug continuous fluso ely beautiful t so come.

    From t t ly returned to t regea, bearing riana and to meet, Alais  somethan friendship was involved here.

    t  Rovigo ating for only a moment, old ly, but ing