But it's impossible to do any serious work here.

Lady Gertrude fairly radiates disapproval whenever I spend an hour or two at the piano.

Oh!"-- her sense of humour rising uppermost for a moment--"she asked me to play to them one evening, so I gave them some Debussy--out of sheer devilment, I think"-- smiling a little--"and at the end Lady Gertrude said politely: 'Thank you.

And now, might we have something with a little more tune in it ?" Sandy shouted with delight.
"After all, people like that are awfully refreshing," he said at last.
"At times," admitted Nan.

"All the same," she went on dispiritedly, "one must be in the right atmosphere to do anything worth while." "Well, I'm exuding as much as I can," said Sandy.