He accents vehemently, divides one
bar and gives it two extra quarter notes, and from the next bar he
omits a quarter note, and continues in this manner with extreme
self-satisfaction till he reaches the close; and then, after a few
desperate chords of the diminished seventh, he connects with it
Liszt's Transcription of Schubert's Serenade in D minor. The second
string of the two-lined b snaps with a rattle, and there ensues a
general whispering "whether the piece is by Mendelssohn, or Doehler,
or Beethoven, or Proch, or Schumann," until finally Mr. Silver
mentions Schubert's Serenade. Mr. Forte concludes with the soft
pedal, which in his inspired moments he had already made frequent
use of._)
DOMINIE (_to Emma_). You should never play in company, without
mentioning previously what you are going to perform. You observe, as
soon as the Serenade was mentioned, it put a stop to the guessing.
ALL (_except Mr. Silver and Dominie_). What a glorious performance! what
an artistic treat!
MRS.
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