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"My NIECE, JANE
CHAMPION, HAS KINDLY CONSENTED TO STEP INTO THE BREACH--' Which
means that you will have to step up on to that platform in another
half-minute. Really it would be kinder to you if she said less about
Velma. But never mind; they are prepared to like anything. There!
APPENDICITIS! I told you so. Poor Madame Velma! Let us hope it won't
get into the local papers. Oh, goodness! She is going to enlarge on
new-fangled diseases. Well, it gives us a moment's breathing space.
. . . I say, Miss Champion, I was chaffing this afternoon about
sharps and flats. I can play that accompaniment for you if you like.
No? Well, just as you think best. But remember, it takes a lot of
voice to make much effect in this concert-room, and the place is
crowded. Now--the duchess has done. Come on. Mind the bottom step.
Hang it all! How dark it is behind this curtain!"
Garth gave her his hand, and Jane mounted the steps and passed into
view of the large audience assembled in the Overdene concert-room.


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