Are you fond of music?"
"I am very fond of it."
There was little in the girl's words, but the tone in which they were
spoken, the look of inspiration which lighted up the speaker's face,
convinced Sir Oswald that she was an enthusiast.
"Do you play the piano?"
"A little; by ear."
"And you know nothing of the science of music?"
"Nothing."
"Then you will have a great deal to learn before you can make any
profitable use of your voice. And now I will tell you what I shall do.
I shall make immediate arrangements for placing you in a first-class
boarding school in London, or the neighbourhood of London. There you
will complete your education, and there you will receive lessons from
the best masters in music and singing, and devote the greater part of
your time to the cultivation of your voice. It will be known that you
are intended for the career of a professional singer, and every
facility will be afforded you for study. You will remain in this
establishment for two years, and at the end of that time I shall place
you under the tuition of some eminent singer, who will complete your
musical education, and enable you to appear as a public singer. All the
rest will depend on your own industry and perseverance."
"And I should be a worthless creature if I were not more industrious
than ever any woman was before!" exclaimed Honoria.
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