Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

228 My MUSICAL EXPERIENCES
smoothed over, and that in a very characteristic
manner.
In passing Henselt's house on my way to church, I
rather divined than actually saw that he was in the
hall, and just coming out at the door. Knowing him
to be short-sighted, I hoped by hurrying on to avoid
a meeting. He had, however, seen me, and called
out my name quite loud enough to attract my atten-
tion. I made, however, as if I had not heard him,
and had nearly succeeded in entering the church door,
when a lady who knew me (one of his lady-professors)
came up with me, and saying, ' You must come and
speak to the Meister, he is calling after you,' she put
her arm through mine, and brought me back to the
church gate, where Henselt had paused for a.
moment.
When I came towards him, slowly and reluctantly,
his first words were, ' You have been very candid with
my wife ; why could you not have been the same with
me?'
'But are we not just going into church, dear
Meister ?' I rejoined, in a tone which suggested that
here was neither time nor place for a discussion.
' True,' he replied ;
minute you come out of church.'
' but mind you come to me the
It was a curious interview that Sunday morning
for when I came into Henselt's sanctum, he pulled
over a chair, and placing it opposite to his own, and
as near as it well could be to him without touching
;