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"It is," I answered earnestly "I believe few are so perfectly happy in htful

"No amount of practice could make ME play like that," she said; "yet I have had two or three masters ere supposed to be first-rate One of the tragedian whenever I played a wrong note I believe he got up his reputation entirely by that clutch, for he often played wrong notes hi it But just because he worked hi, everybody praised him, and said he had such an ear and was so sensitive that he reat musician He worried me nearly to death over Bach's 'Well-tempered Klavier'--all to no purpose, for I can't play a note of it now, and shouldn't care to if I could I consider Bach a dreadful old bore, though I know it is heresy to say so Even Beethoven is occasionally prosy, only no one will be courageous enough to ado to sleep over classical music than confess they don't like it"

"Schubert would have been a grander h," said Zara; "but I dare say very feill agree with me in such an assertion Unfortunately most of my opinions differ from those of everyone else"

"You should say FORTUNATELY, allantly; "as the circuinal as well as perfectly char"

Zara received this compliment with her usual sweet equani out, Amy Everard drew me back and crammed into the pocket of my cloak a newspaper

"Read it when you are alone," she whispered; "and you will see what Raffaello Cellini has done with the sketch he made of you"

We parted frooodwill, Zara ree the dinner-hour for half-past seven

On our return to the Hotel Mars, we found Heliobas in the drawing- roo man of venerable and noble features Zara addressed him as "Father Paul," and bent huave her with almost parental tenderness He seemed, from his familiar manner with them, to be a very old friend of the family