It called to you from its high place in the 'cello room at Zimmermann's, as it has been calling to you for years; only, at last, it made you hear.

It was your own, and you knew it.

You would have bought it, had its price been a thousand pounds.

You could not have left the place without the Infant in your possession." Ronald's feverish flush deepened.

His eyes grew more burningly bright.
"What an extraordinary idea!" he said.