Your daughter, I believe, plays pretty well.
DOMINIE.

Well, yes! perhaps something more than _pretty well_.

We are in earnest about music.
MADAME, of the Tz.

family (_envious because Cecilia received applause for her public performance yesterday, and because Mr.Buffalo had been unable to bring out Stock,--all in one breath_).

When did your daughter begin to play?
Just how old is she now?
Does she like playing?
They say you are very strict, and tie your daughters to the piano-stool.