“No, no! there was something that was all wrong.”

“Where was it?”

“Where? I can’t say exactly.”

“Well, I didn’t miss a note,” said the second violin.

“Nor I.”

“Nor I.”

“Come, messieurs, let us begin again.”

“All right, but see that you beat time properly.”

“I should say that I beat time loud enough.”

“To be sure you do,” said Madame Vauvert; “and the person who lives underneath said she would complain to the landlord.”