Then Bellini taught her to balance on his shoulders and to do cartwheels
When she had mastered these feats on the low wire they rehearsed on a wire forty feet above the ground Mirette never thought of the danger She was free surrounded by air We are ready to perform Bellini declared at last
Bellini arranged for a grand tour of the great cities of Europe In Milan they sipped tea at a table high over a square In Budapest Mirette jumped through a paper hoop In Vienna she and Bellini walked from opposite ends of the wire and passed without touching
