Such was the tutor's speech; it was a little long, but while he

delivered it he had finished cutting the flute.

There was a large party at the mansion; many guests from the

neighbourhood and from the capital had arrived. There were ladies with

tasteful and with tasteless dresses; the big hall was quite crowded

with people. The clergymen stood humbly together in a corner, and

looked as if they were preparing for a funeral, but it was a festival-

only the amusement had not yet begun. A great concert was to take