At the end of the song the applause was distributed about as after the Chopin waltz.
"Sehr schoen!" exclaimed Herr Schlitz, looking up and nodding; "you must zing zome more," and he played the first bars of Marie, am Fenster sitzest du, humming the words under his breath, and quite oblivious of any one but himself and the singer.
"Zierlich," he said when the song was done, reaching for the collection of Lassen.

"Mit deinen blauen Augen," he hummed, keeping time with his hands, but at this point Miss Clara came across the room, followed by her sister.
"Mrs.Tenaker," she said, laughing, "asked me to ask you, Mr.Lenox, if you wouldn't please sing something they could understand." "I have a song I should like to hear you sing," said Miss Verjoos.
"There is an obligato for violin and we have a violinist here.

It is a beautiful song--Tosti's Beauty's Eyes.

Do you know it ?" "Yes," he replied.
"Will you sing it for me ?" she asked.
"With the greatest pleasure," he answered.
Once, as he sang the lines of the song, he looked up.

Miss Verjoos was sitting with her elbows on the arm of her chair, her cheek resting upon her clasped hands and her dusky eyes were fastened upon his face.