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    ^ risYf&R * p ^ at my surprise I one , close to iny elbow , say ia alow tone of voice , * Unfortunate destiny ! here is another disliker of octavefe !*

    , . I turned round on ray chair , and perceived that a man had seated himself by trie at the table . We regarded each other utediastly . Never had I seen features that made such a sudden and deep impression on my mind . A nose , softly aquiline , descended from a high and wide forehead ; thick , half-silvered ,

    projecting eyebrows shaded eyes almost savagely bright , lighting up a countenance apparently betwixt sixty ana seventy years old ; a chin , softly rounded , contrasted with the mouth , which was Severely closed . The stranger ' s grey hair was arranged in an oldfashioned style , and his person , tall and thin—as far as I could judge as he sat—was enveloped in a large great-coat . During nay observation of him he reclined in his chair , in an abstracted

    manner , taking now and then a pinch of snuff from a handsome box . : At last the music ceased , and I could not help addressing myself to him : 'I am very glad it is finished . ' He threw an absent look upon me , and took another pinch of snuff . * It would be better for them not to play at all than to play such stuff / continued I— what do you think , Sir V €

    ' I think the same as you do , ' replied the stranger ; I suppose you are professional ?' € , Sir , I am not . I learned a little music , as part of a tolerable education , and recollect my master used to tell me that nothing had so bad an effect as a counter-tenor voice sinking by octaves to the bass . '

    c You are right , ' answered the stranger . Then quitting his seat he walked slowly and pensively towards the musicians , and 1 observed that he spoke to them in a very dignified manner . He returned , and had hardly re-seated himself when they began the overture to the * Iphigenia in Tauris . ' He listened to the andante with eyes half closed ; a slight movement of his foot marked the time ; his left hand was extended upoa the table as if upon the keys of a piano-forte , and his right

    hand wan a little raised . His right hand fell , and the allegro commenced . When the overture was finished his arms fell to his side , and he reclined back in the chair as if exhausted . I filled a wine-glass from my bottle of Wurtzburger » and pressed him to drink ; he emptied it sans cfremonie , and exclaimed— I am satisfied with the orchestra—they did it very well / . c In mj minion / said I , ' we had only a slight sketch of a most

    hm ^ twcA ; ri <]( Mj * made 90 reply , bu * hummed the chorus of priestesses , and accompanied it by striking his fimgers upon the little hard walnut *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 806, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/50/