I can't follow the fashions in the things I like or dislike." "But music, you know, is a matter of training," Ruth argued; "and opera is even more a matter of training.

May it not be--" "That I am not trained in opera ?" he dashed in.
She nodded.
"The very thing," he agreed.

"And I consider I am fortunate in not having been caught when I was young.

If I had, I could have wept sentimental tears to-night, and the clownish antics of that precious pair would have but enhanced the beauty of their voices and the beauty of the accompanying orchestra.

You are right.