But he gave a glance at it before he rolled it up in a
ball for Tipsipoozie to play with, and found its contents to be
precisely what he expected, the excuse being that she had not done her
practising. But the post-script was interesting, for it told him that
she had asked Foljambe to give her his copy of Siegfried....
Georgie strolled down past The Hurst before dinner. Mozart was silent
now, but there came out of the open windows the most amazing hash of
sound, which he could just recognise as being the piano arrangement of
the duet between Brunnhilde and Siegfried at the end. He would have
been dull indeed if he had not instantly guessed what _that_
signified.
Chapter SEVEN
A fresh thrill went through an atmosphere already super-saturated with
excitement, when next morning all Lucia's friends who had been bidden
to the garden-party (Tightum) were rung up on the telephone and
informed that the party was Hightum. That caused a good deal of extra
work, because the Tightum robes had to be put away again, and the
Hightums aired and brushed and valetted. But it was well worth it, for
Riseholme had not the slightest difficulty in conjecturing that Olga
Bracely was to be among the guests. For a cultured and artistic centre
the presence of a star that blazed so regally in the very zenith of the
firmament of art absolutely demanded the Hightum which the presence of
poor Lady Ambermere (though she would not have liked that) had been
powerless to bring out of their cupboards.
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