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"'Charmian, what's all this about an extraordinary Cornish genius?
D'you like him so much?'"
[Frontispiece]
"'This is the last thing I've done'"[40]
"'Of course we wives of composers are apt to be prejudiced'"[242]
"At her feet the crouching Arabs never stirred"[258]
"'Claudie, I want you to win, I want you to win!'"[378]