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Chapter 13

           Henearlydeafenedmewithhisinstructions,beingsomewhatexcitableandloud-voicedbutonfindingmeanaptpupil,hedrewbackhiswavestohimselfwithsomuchdelicacyamongthepebblesandsand,thatatonceImasteredthesecretofplayingarpeggi.OncetooIhadafinishinglessonfromaDreamamysticthingwithwildhairandwingsitsangonewordinmyears,andthewordwasunpronounceableinmortalspeechbutaftermanyeffortsIdiscovereditlurkinginthescaleofsound.Thebestpartofitallwas,thatmyinstructorsaskednofees!"

           "Ithinkyouareapoetaswellasamusician,"saidLadySibyl.

           "Apoet!Spareme!mydearyounglady,whyareyousocruelastoloadmewithsovileanimputation!Betterbeamurdererthanapoetoneistreatedwithmuchmorerespectandcourteousconsiderationbythepressatanyrate.Themurderer’sbreakfast-menuwillbegivendueplaceinmanyofthemostestimablejournalsbutthepoet’slackofbothbreakfastanddinnerwillbedeemedhisfittingreward.Callmealive-stockproducer,ahorse-breeder,atimber-merchantanythingbutapoet!WhyevenTennysonbecameanamateurmilkmantosomewhatconcealandexcusetheshameanddegradationofwritingverse!"

           Wealllaughed.

           "Well,youmustadmit,"saidLordElton,"thatwe’vehadrathertoomuchofpoetslately.It’snowonderwe’resickofthem,andthatpoetryhasfallenintodisrepute.

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