He came only when he had time.

The pupils, however, came just the same and gave each other instruction which was far less indulgent than the master's, for his greatest fault was an overweening good nature.

Even when he was at class he couldn't protect himself from self-seekers.

Singers of all sorts, male and female, came for a hearing.
One day it was Marie Cabel, still youthful and dazzling both in voice and beauty.

Other days impossible tenors wasted his time.