6/25 He and I had a long talk before aunt came home." "I'm sorry he should have thought it necessary to talk about himself." "What more natural, when he is beginning a new portion of life? May I play you a new piece I have learnt ?" "Do you mean, of sacred music ?" "Sacred? There are tunes and jinglings that I shouldn't call so; but neither do I call them music, just as I distinguish between bad or foolish verse, and poetry. Everything worthy of being called art is sacred. I shall keep telling you that till in self-defence you are forced to think about it. |