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I began to fear
for the balance of my well-ordered mind."
"Well," said Myra, coming out from behind her red parasol, "you and
Dal can have orgies of music here if you want them. You will find a
piano in the drawing-room and another in the hall, and a Bechstein
grand in the billiard-room. That is where I hold the practices for
the men and maids. I could not make up my mind which makers I really
preferred, Erard, Broadwood, Collard, or Bechstein; so by degrees I
collected one of each. And after all I think I play best upon the
little cottage piano we had in the school-room at home. It stands in
my boudoir now. I seem more accustomed to its notes, or it lends
itself better to my way of playing."
"Thank you, Myra," said Jane. "I fancy Dal and I will like the
Bechstein."
"And if you want something really exciting in the way of music,"
continued Lady Ingleby, "you might attend some of the rehearsals for
this 'service of song' they are getting up in aid of the organ
deficit fund.


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