At the end of the week Delia, sweetly proud but languid, triumphantly
tossed three five-dollar bills on the 8x10 (inches) centre table of
the 8x10 (feet) flat parlour.
Sometimes," she said, a little wearily, "Clementina tries me. I'm
afraid she doesn't practise enough, and I have to tell her the same
things so often. And then she always dresses entirely in white, and
that does get monotonous. But Gen. Pinkney is the dearest old man!
I wish you could know him, Joe. He comes in sometimes when I am with
Clementina at the piano--he is a widower, you know--and stands there
pulling his white goatee. 'And how are the semiquavers and the
demisemiquavers progressing?' he always asks.
At the end of the week Delia, sweetly proud but languid, triumphantlytossed three five-dollar bills on the 8x10 (inches) centre table ofthe 8x10 (feet) flat parlour.Sometimes," she said, a little wearily, "Clementina tries me. I'mafraid she doesn't practise enough, and I have to tell her the samethings so often. And then she always dresses entirely in white, andthat does get monotonous. But Gen. Pinkney is the dearest old man!I wish you could know him, Joe. He comes in sometimes when I am withClementina at the piano--he is a widower, you know--and stands therepulling his white goatee. 'And how are the semiquavers and thedemisemiquavers progressing?' he always asks.
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