Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

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replied, ' About half-past three ; for after his early
dinner the Master takes a nap, and is then ready to
receive.' I returned then to the inn, where I had
left my sister and her child, and as it had begun to
pour with rain, we had to occupy ourselves with the
little one, who fountl the place very dull, as her toys
and dolls were all at home. We ordered an early
dinner, and 'baby,' as we called her, dropped off
asleep the moment she had done eating, and when it
was time to go up to the Villa d'Este we could not
rouse her ; and even if we had done so, she would not
have been quite en train for going into a strange room
and seeing strange people, and I had therefore to go
by myself to the Villa d'Este, and was amused by
where were my friends.'
He was an inquisitive body, and had asked me
in the morning whether I had come out from Eome
Liszt's valet asking me '
' all by myself,' and I had replied that my sister and
her little girl had accompanied me ; so now, seeing
me without them, he asked me where they were. I
satisfied his curiosity, and then was shown uito a
room in which there Was a grand pianoforte and
handsome antique furniture ; but if I noticed any-
thing here it was the glorious view of the cam-
pagna on which one looked out through the quaint
windows.
After about five minutes, Liszt came in. He
impressed me both then and since as one of the
largest and most widely sympathetic natures I have