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Chapter 14

           "Ihaven’tseenDoctorLadislau.HowdidyouenjoythemusicthatMrs.SachsandMr.Longstreetgaveuslastnight?"

           "Itwasso-so."

           "IthoughtitwasfineespeciallytheChopin."

           "Ithoughtitwasso-so."

           "Whenareyougoingtoplayforusyourself?"

           Sheshruggedhershoulders,aspleasedatthisquestionasshehadbeenforseveralyears.

           "Sometime.ButIonlyplayso-so."

           Theyknewthatshedidnotplayatallshehadhadtwosisterswhowerebrilliantmusicians,butshehadneverbeenabletolearnthenoteswhentheyhadbeenyoungtogether.

           FromtheworkshopDickwenttovisittheEglantineandtheBeeches.Exteriorlythesehouseswereascheerfulastheothers;Nicolehaddesignedthedecorationandthefurnitureonanecessarybaseofconcealedgrillsandbarsandimmovablefurniture.Shehadworkedwithsomuchimaginationtheinventivequality,whichshelacked,beingsuppliedbytheproblemitselfthatnoinstructedvisitorwouldhavedreamedthatthelight,gracefulfilagreeworkatawindowwasastrong,unyieldingendofatether,thatthepiecesreflectingmoderntubulartendencieswerestancherthanthemassivecreationsoftheEdwardianseventheflowerslayinironfingersandeverycasualornamentandfixturewasasnecessaryasagirderinaskyscraper.Hertirelesseyeshadmadeeachroomyieldupitsgreatestusefulness.Complimented,shereferredtoherselfbrusquelyasamasterplumber.

           Forthosewhosecompasseswerenotdepolarizedthereseemedmanyoddthingsinthesehouses.

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