"I am not at all learned in the discussion from a technical point of view. To my mind it is simply a question of making the opera an organic whole,—not a collection of works of art, but one work of art. Take Don Juan for instance——"
The men turned down a side street, and the voices died away in the distance.
"What a beautiful voice!" said Doris.
"Yes."
"Do you know, Mona, I think that must have been a nice man."
"Because of the voice?"
"Because of the voice, and because of what the voice said. Young men don't talk like that as a rule."
"How do you know he was young?"
"I am sure that 'my dear fellow' was not more than twenty-five."
"Twenty-seven, I should think," said Mona reflectively.