On the third day of my residence in Verona, I received a letter from the Count, together with my trunks : he mentioned in his letter, that on the night of my departure, when the ballet was over, and the second act of the opera just about to begin, the greatest confusion prevailed amongst the performers ; they searched every where for me, sent to my lodgings, where of course they could obtain no information, but they had not the slightest suspicion of my flight : an apology was necessarily made from the stage to the public, stating that I was not to be found; and, perforce, the opera was acted, omitting the scenes in which I was concerned.