Agatha, disgusted with herself and with Gertrude, and undecided whether to be disgusted with Trefusis or to trust him affectionately, followed the example of her host.

After dinner she accompanied him in a series of songs by Schubert.

This proved an aggravation instead of a relief.

Sir Charles, excelling in the expression of melancholy, preferred songs of that character; and as his musical ideas, like those of most Englishmen, were founded on what he had heard in church in his childhood, his style was oppressively monotonous.

Agatha took the first excuse that presented itself to leave the piano.