Grandison
insisted on my trying it with the organ after practice. It is
exceedingly difficult, you know."
Her father _did not know_, and was inclined to be very angry. The
next day, however, he forgot it all in the delight of hearing his
daughter's voice resounding through the sacred edifice; Grandison
was invited to dinner, and everything was once more _couleur de rose_.
The first winter after Grandison's arrival in Canada he gave a grand
concert in Nordheimer's Hall, then the principal concert hall in the
city. Mary Sedley was the Prima Donna, and bouquet after bouquet was
thrown at her feet, as she retired amid the plaudits of the multitude.
After the concert Grandison accompanied them home to supper, and
about twelve o'clock took his leave of the family.
About an hour afterwards Mr. Sedley, thinking he heard a noise, got
up and searched the house, when, to his surprise, he found the door
unfastened. He thought he remembered having secured it as he retired
to rest, but was not certain; however, he proceeded, in his search,
and on coming to Mary's room, found the door locked, and heard his
daughter breathing heavily, as if asleep. Being unwilling to disturb
her, he returned to his bed, and, ere morning, the affair had passed
from his memory.
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