“No, my lord, not a lady am I, nor yet a beauty,

And do not need an arm to help me on my way,”

“No, my lord, not a lady am I, nor yet a beauty, And do not need an arm to help me on my way,”

Carlotta was received with enthusiastic applause. It was so unexpected and so uncalled for that those who knew nothing about the rumors looked at one another and asked what was happening. And this act also was finished without incident.

Then everybody said: “Of course, it will be during the next act.”