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HER first periodic “supervision” by Razounov took place early in the New Year, and once again coincided with an engagement of Razounov to play Chopin at the Bockley Hippodrome.
He puffed serenely at a cigarette while she played the Kreutzer Sonata. At the end he said:
“Nicely, oh yais, quite nicely.... And thees ees—let me see—thees ees Mees—Mees—”
“Weston,” put in Verreker.
“Ah, yais, ... plays quite nicely, eh? ... A leetle more technique, and—more—more—what ees the word?—characterization, eh?”
Verreker nodded.
But Catherine was disappointed. For it was perfectly evident not only that Razounov had failed to recognize her, but that her name when told him had recalled nothing in his mind.