Note 11 — Chapter I · IN PARIS.

It is necessary that these words should be very distinctly recorded; for, their frequent misquotation, in the newspapers, and elsewhere, has led to a very false impression, equally unjust to master and pupil. The Maestro’s exact words were, “Mademoiselle, vous n’avez plus de voix”—not, “Vous n’avez pas de voix.” Mdlle. Lind had once possessed a voice; but it had been so strained, by over-exertion, and a faulty method of production, that, for the time being, scarcely a shred of it remained.