CHAPTER XIV.
EXTRAVAGANCES IN SINGING AND PIANO-PLAYING.
_( An Evening Party at Mr.Gold's.)_ DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
MR.

GOLD, _the banker (fond of music)._ MRS.

GOLD _( sings, and is an invalid.)_ MR.

SILVER, _bookkeeper (formerly a singer with Strauss)._ MR.

PIOUS, _a friend of the family (a musical impostor, and a hypocrite generally)._ MR.