Almah was delighted at the proposal, and at once found a very clever workman, who under my direction succeeded in producing one which served my purpose well.

I was a good violinist, and in this I was able to find solace for myself and for Almah for many a long hour.
The first time that I played was memorable.

As the tones floated through the air they caught the ears of those outside, and soon great numbers came into the apartment, listening in amazement and in rapt attention.

Even the painful light was disregarded in the pleasure of this most novel sensation, and I perceived that if the sense of sight was deficient among them, that of hearing was sufficiently acute.
I played many times, and sometimes sang from among the songs of different nations; but those which these people liked best were the Irish and Scottish melodies--those matchless strains created by the genius of the Celtic race, and handed down from immemorial ages through long generations.

In these there was nothing artificial, nothing transient.