[Thyrza by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThyrza CHAPTER XX 32/37
She hadn't meant to, but Gilbert persuaded her at last.' 'Do you remember which piece you liked best ?' 'No, I couldn't say.
It was all so beautiful.
I liked the songs so much.' 'But Mr.Grail must take you to hear better singers than those.' 'Weren't they good ?' she asked in astonishment. 'Certainly not bad, but not really excellent.' He mentioned one or two world-echoed names, and spoke in particular of a concert shortly to be given, at which such singers would be heard. 'You have heard them ?' Thyrza asked, gazing at him. 'Several times.' 'I should be almost afraid.' He thought it a wonderful word to come from this untaught girl.
Again their eyes met.
He laughed. 'Something like my own feeling when I got out at Niagara Station, and began to walk towards the Falls.
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