Though the actors were all old hands, theatrical performance of this type was quite new to them. Worrying that they might forget my instructions to them, mother would tell them over and over, word by word. Everyone was fully charged right up until the opening beats of the opera broke on stage.
劇場演出對這些老演員而言，似屬新的嘗試，母親惟恐大家忘了，一字一字、清清楚楚地把這些我告訴她的事項，不斷轉述給其他演員。