Next to himself, his music was the only thing in the world that he really cared for.

When they had been married for about a year and a half he played before the king, and soon became the man of the hour.

He neglected his beautiful young wife, who, in spite of their frequent quarrels, loved him with a pure and disinterested affection.
"Finally he went on a concert tour through the principal European cities, and she never saw him again.

She wrote him repeatedly, but he never answered her letters, and she was too proud to follow him.

She had one child, a baby girl, named Eleanor, who was the sole comfort of the heartbroken mother." At this juncture Anne and Grace exchanged significant glances.
"When Eleanor was about a year old, the mother wrote Guido Savelli once more, begging him to come to her, if only for the sake of his child, but either he never received the letter or else paid no attention to it, for she received no reply.