If I do not write myself, you can see that I have at least got the correct ear.

A false quantity jars upon me.

It is the same in music.

Although I know little of the matter, I can tell a discord where Lully himself would miss it.

I have often shown him errors of the sort in his operas, and I have always convinced him that I was right." "I can readily believe it, your Majesty." Corneille had picked up his book again, and was about to resume his reading when there came a sharp tap at the door.
"It is his Highness the minister, Monsieur de Louvois," said Mademoiselle Nanon.
"Admit him," answered Louis.