"Pause before the second George and take in breath. Remember that the intensity or loudness of the voice depends on the amplitude of the movement of the vocal chords, which pitch depends on the number of vibrations per second. Tone is strengthened by the resonance of the air on the air-passages and in the pharyngeal and oral cavities. Once more, please."
"George! George! Why did you desert me?..."
"Arms extended."
"You don't belong to that girl there."
"Pause. Breath."
"You belong to me—the woman you have wronged!"
Hamilton Beamish nodded with restrained approval.
"Not bad. Not at all bad. I should have liked, if it had been possible, to have an expert examine your thyro-arytenoid ligaments: and I wish there had been time for you to study my booklet on "Voice Production." ... However, I think it will do. Now go back and hide in the rhododendrons. This girl may be arriving at any moment."
CHAPTER TEN
Hamilton Beamish strolled out into the hall. Something attempted, something done, had earned a cigarette. He was just lighting one, when there was a grinding of wheels on the gravel, and through the open door he saw Madame Eulalie alighting from a red two-seater car. He skipped joyously to meet her.