Singing for the Cardinal An Excerpt from The Professor's Daughter Emily Raboteau (bio)
The boy's choir of St. Ignatius Prep was in the chapel rehearsing Faure's Requiem in preparation for their trip to Rome. Pinky St. Pierre had been elected to do the solo, which was something of a controversy among the boys, who were all in agreement that Ned Drake had the better voice. Since Ned's voice was changing and he really couldn't be depended on to hold a high C longer than two bars without it suddenly cracking in the middle like an egg and dropping three octaves, this idea probably had more to do with the fact that he was much better liked than Pinky. Adding to Ned's popularity were the facts that he kept a library of mint condition Mexican porn under his bed, was liberal with his stolen Marlboros, and had a bounty hunter for a father.
