“And leave me with none?”
“Oh, but you have such a lot. You could spare half and then have more than the common run of mortals.”
“What makes you think so?”
“You show it.”
“I am fond of music, you know.”
“I should say so; that’s why I can make this speak for you.” He patted his violin. “You enjoy Lohengrin?”
“Yes, I love it, though perhaps not more than other operas of Wagner’s, only it was the first I ever heard of them, there in Munich, and—oh, dear——”
She broke off with a sigh.
“What?”
“Nothing, only there was such joy in being able to hear delicious music any time and all the time.”