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It wanted two days to Nello Corsini's assumption of his post as director of the Imperial Opera, and to-night was the night of Countess Golitzine's concert.
Nello was to play to-night in his private capacity of violinist, his fame having already spread abroad through the good offices of the Count. As soon as he took up his office as director he would not be able to take on many private engagements. To use the language of Degraux, he would be one of the exploiters rather than one of the exploited.