He could not know, of course, that Kitty's light-hearted remark concerning Peter Mallory's facilities for studying the feminine temperament was still rankling somewhere at the back of her mind.
"There's a big element of pathos in those farewell concerts," he submitted gently.

"You pianists have a great advantage over the singer, whose instrument must inevitably deteriorate with the passing years." Nan's quick sympathies responded instantly.
"I think I must be getting soured in my old age," she answered remorsefully.

"What you say is dreadfully true.

It's the saddest part of a singer's career.

And I always clap my hardest at a farewell concert.