But he did not get much opportunity even there.

Mrs.P.used to come up and say she was very sorry--for herself, she liked to hear him--but the lady upstairs was in a very delicate state, and the doctor was afraid it might injure the child.
Then George tried taking it out with him late at night, and practising round the square.

But the inhabitants complained to the police about it, and a watch was set for him one night, and he was captured.

The evidence against him was very clear, and he was bound over to keep the peace for six months.
He seemed to lose heart in the business after that.

He did make one or two feeble efforts to take up the work again when the six months had elapsed, but there was always the same coldness--the same want of sympathy on the part of the world to fight against; and, after awhile, he despaired altogether, and advertised the instrument for sale at a great sacrifice--"owner having no further use for same"-- and took to learning card tricks instead.
It must be disheartening work learning a musical instrument.