The singer Anna Ford was extraordinarily talented: she was very musical, had a great voice, spoke five languages. She dreamed of becoming an actress, singing, but her father categorically forbade her to even hope for such a step. Then the girl fled to London, where she was very well received.
When she was going to give her first concert, my father tried to break the concert, even to disgrace my daughter. But it did not work for him, and Anna sang, the concert was a big success.
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