His sense of obligation had been made none too
apparent. Certainly it had not been brought into line with her deserts and
demands.
Cope took up the paper-cutter again and looked out across the room. Amy
Leffingwell, questioningly, was looking across at him. He could change
feet--if that made the general discomfort of his position any less. He did
so.
Amy was standing near the piano and held a sheet or two of new music in her
hands. And Medora Phillips, with a word of general explication and
direction, made the girl's intention clear. Amy had a new song for
baritone, with a violin obbligato and the usual piano accompaniment, and
Cope was to sing it. 'Twas an extremely simple thing, quite within his
compass; and Carolyn, who could read easy music at sight ("It's awfully
easy," declared Amy), would play the piano part; and Amy herself would
perform the obbligato (with no statement as to whether it was simple or
not).
Carolyn approached the task and the piano in the passive spirit of
accommodation. Cope came forward with reluctance: this was not an evening
when he felt like singing; besides, he preferred to choose his own songs.
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