33/39 Make a study of your loveliness; make it your end to be a queen in drawing-rooms.' 'You insult me.' 'I can't see that I do. There is nothing contemptible in such an aim; nothing is contemptible that is thorough. Or you have the third course. Become a real artist; a public singer, let us say. No amateur nonsense; recognise that you have a superb voice, and that by dint of labour you may attain artistic excellence. |