You are, perhaps, afraid that all this might be tedious; but I have never been considered tedious in my lessons.

I wish you, for the present, not to practise any pieces or exercises except in my presence, until a better touch has been thoroughly established.

You must also give up entirely, for a time, playing your previous pieces; for they would give you opportunity to fall again into your faulty mode of playing.

I shall also soon put in practice one of my maxims in teaching; viz., that, merely for the acquisition of mechanical facility, all my pupils shall be in the habit of playing daily some appropriate piece, that by its perfect mastery they may gain a fearless confidence.

They must regard this piece as a companion, friend, and support.