A Loving Spirit
“Antoinette had retired after supper with a lingering headache, but the others had gathered in the drawing room. Phillip and Cassandra were seated together at the pianoforte, attempting a duet. Unfortunately, neither of them was particularly musical, and the discordant plonking noise echoed in the large room.
Chat winced at an especially strident note, and laid down another card in her game of Patience. "Charming. But do you suppose they could engage in something quiet, like cards? Or reading?" ..."Then we could not admire your niece's talent at the pianoforte!" Lady Royce protested. "Every young lady should play a musical instrument, do you not agree, Chat?" "Almost every young lady," Chat murmured. She had to agree that Cassie looked very pretty bent over the ivory keys, her dark pink silk skirts spread about her. Chat only hoped that, with all the ghosts floating about the castle, Mozart did not choose to join them, full of wrath at the mangling of his concerto.
"Miss Richards is a very pretty girl indeed," Lady Royce continued.MoreLess
Chat winced at an especially strident note, and laid down another card in her game of Patience. "Charming. But do you suppose they could engage in something quiet, like cards? Or reading?" ..."Then we could not admire your niece's talent at the pianoforte!" Lady Royce protested. "Every young lady should play a musical instrument, do you not agree, Chat?" "Almost every young lady," Chat murmured. She had to agree that Cassie looked very pretty bent over the ivory keys, her dark pink silk skirts spread about her. Chat only hoped that, with all the ghosts floating about the castle, Mozart did not choose to join them, full of wrath at the mangling of his concerto.
"Miss Richards is a very pretty girl indeed," Lady Royce continued.MoreLess
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