18/18 Wagner's practically gone out (at least what _I_ call out), and I always said Debussy wouldn't last. Paul La France still clings to Brahms--Brahms suits his voice better than anyone else. He always falls back on Brahms, and dear de Lara; and Tosti; of course, Tosti. I remember...' * * * * * Aylmer and his guests had reached the stage of being apparently all lost in their own thoughts, and the conversation had been practically reduced to a disjointed monologue on music by Lady Everard, when the lights began to be lowered, and the party broke up. |