In my depopulating world, there are the ghosts of people I have loved and whose essence remains in me, undiminished.
In the beginning of his memoirs, Casanova, now an old man, said that he was unable to enjoy the pleasures of his youth, but by writing his memoirs, he could revisit them. Although my adventures in opera and ballet pits are obviously not in the same class with Casanova, I hope they will afford some enjoyment to my readers.
