"Was he at the festival?"
"Oh, no! Mr. Davy says they have written to him to come from London. But now I must explain your part. Mr. Davy was requested to bring a vocal quartet from his class, as none of the guests can sing in parts. He is to take Miss Benette as a soprano, for he says her soprano is as superior as her lower voice."
"So it is."
"And some tenor or other."
"Mr. Newton, I daresay; he leads all the others."
"I think it was. And you, Charles, he wishes to take, for he says your alto voice is very beautiful. You will do your best, I know."
"I would do anything to hear a great violin-player."
And full of the novel notion, I fell asleep much sooner than I did (as a child) when no excitement was before me.