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Nadine Neroni

A young woman, a friend of Bettie Hamlyn.

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Also known as the Neroni, Miss Nadine Neroni

Nadine Neroni shows up with force in XI: He Postures Among Chimney-Pots. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Nadine Neroni is the new prima donna whom Charteris goes to hear.

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XI: He Postures Among Chimney-Pots
Nadine Neroni is the new prima donna whom Charteris goes to hear.
II
The new prima donna whom Charteris and his Italian friend have gone to hear at the opera.
XII: He Faces Himself and Remembers
Formerly the Signorina, now a kept woman; confronts the narrator about his past and Agnes Faroy.
II
Formerly Signorina Capulet, now a famous courtesan, she confronts the narrator about his past and the death of Agnes Faroy.
III
The Neroni speaks candidly about her singing career, her financial prudence, and her indifference to public gossip, revealing a practical and unromantic nature.
IV
Mentioned in the newspaper as la gracieuse cantatrice américaine, performing Marguerite in Faust.

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