43/65 And in my heart I made a vow--it was a _solemn_ vow--that I would find the things that moved in the pictures. They had the songs of the grand opera singers. And as I listened--I tell you I was called!--I don't care how silly it sounds--I was called by the voices that had sung into that box. For this was real--if the life hadn't been there it couldn't have been caught into the pictures and the box. It proved--I thought--that all the lovely things I had dreamed were true. |