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HIM: I suppose it's because there's a sense for some things which I lack, a fibre which I wasn't given, a loose fibre which one can pluck firmly but which will not vibrate, or perhaps it's because I've always lived among good musicians and bad people, so that it's made my ear become very refined and my heart deaf. HIM OH I SUPPOSE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A SENSE FOR SOME THINGS WHICH I LACK A FIBRE WHICH I WASN'T GIVEN A LOOSE FIBRE WHICH ONE CAN PLUCK FIRMLY BUT WHICH WILL NOT VIBRATE OR PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS LIVED AMONG GOOD MUSICIANS AND BAD PEOPLE SO THAT IT'S MADE MY EAR BECOME VERY REFINED AND MY HEART DEAF
thout offending the ear, and without either the long or the short syllables maintaining the length or brevity of normal speech. How far we've come since the time when we used to point to the parenthetical comments in Armide --"The conqueror of Renaud, if anyone can be"--or "Obey, don't hesitate" from Indes galantes--as amazing moments of musical expression! Right now these amazing moments make me shrug my shoulders with pity. The way art is improving, I don't know where it'll end up. So while we're waiting, let's have another drink." He had two or three more drinks, without knowing what he was doing. He was going to drown himself without realizing it, as if he was totally exhausted, if I hadn't moved the bottle, which he kept looking for absent mindedly. Then I spoke to him. ME: How is it that with such fine discrimination and such a strong sensibility for the beauties of musical art, you are also blind to the beautiful things in morality and equally insensible to the charms of virtue? S THE TURN OF THE MELODY WITHOUT OFFENDING THE EAR AND WITHOUT EITHER THE LONG OR THE SHORT SYLLABLES MAINTAINING THE LENGTH OR BREVITY OF NORMAL SPEECH HOW FAR WE'VE COME SINCE THE TIME WHEN WE USED TO POINT TO THE PARENTHETICAL COMMENTS IN OUR MIDDAY THE CONQUEROR OF REYNARD IF ANY ONE CAN BE OR OBEY DON'T HESITATE FROM INDE GALLANT HAS AMAZING MOMENTS OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION RIGHT NOW THESE AMAZING MOMENTS MAKE ME SHRUG MY SHOULDERS WITH PITY THE WAIARD IS IMPROVING I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LEND UP SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING LET'S HAVE ANOTHER DRINK HE HAD TWO OR THREE MORE DRINKS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HE WAS DOING HE WAS GOING TO DROWN HIMSELF WITHOUT REALIZING IT AS IF HE WAS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED IF I HADN'T MOVED THE BOTTLE WHICH HE KEPT LOOKING FOR ABSENT MINDEDLY THEN I SPOKE TO HIM ME HOW IS IT THAT WITH SUCH FINE DISCRIMINATION AND SUCH A STRONG SENSIBILITY FOR THE BEAUTIES OF MUSICAL ART YOU ARE ALSO BLIND TO THE BEAUTIFUL THING'S IMMORALITY AND EQUALLY INSENSIBLE TO THE CHARMS OF VIRTUE
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