"Do you think it would be a bore to you."
"No," said John, who indeed saw no way out of it; "I will bring some music, with pleasure, if you wish."
"That's very nice of you," said Miss Clara, "and you will give us all a great deal of pleasure."
He looked at her with a smile.
"That will depend," he said, and after a moment, "Who will play for me?"
"I had not thought of that," was the reply. "I think I rather took it for granted that you could play for yourself. Can't you?"
"After a fashion, and simple things," he said, "but on an occasion I would rather not attempt it."
The girl looked at her sister in some perplexity.
"I should think," suggested Miss Verjoos, speaking for the second time, "that Mr. or Herr Schlitz would play your accompaniments, particularly if Mrs. Benson were to ask him, and if he can play for the violin I should fancy he can for the voice."
"Very well," said John, "we will let it go at that." As he spoke David came round the corner of the bank and up to the carriage.