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But before the last echo died away while Mrs Bosenna smiled her acknowledgment as the band formed up for "God Save the Queen" as they lifted their instruments and the bandmaster tapped the music-stand with his baton, at the top of his voice 'Bias delivered his counter-stroke. "And one more for Peter Benny!"
Jennings took a book from a pile upon a table, opened it, and set it on a music-stand. Evidently Miss Bristow was forgotten indeed, had passed out of his mind at half-past ten exactly, not to enter it again until she should appear at ten on Monday morning. He said to Mildred: "Now, we'll see what you can do. Begin." "I'm a little nervous," said Mildred with a shy laugh.
"Have you remembered everything he pointed out to you at your last lesson?" asked Johanna, going over to the music-stand, and peering at the pages with her shortsighted eyes. "Let me see what was it now? Something about this double-stopping here, and the fingering in this position." Ephie laughed. "Old Joan, what do you know about it?" "Not much, dear, I admit," said Johanna pleasantly.
Carried? cried Ivan Demianitch, seeing Fustov made no objection. 'Kolka, march into the study, and look sharp with the music-stand! Olga, this way with the zither! If you don't care for it, you must amuse yourself with conversation, only mind, not above a whisper! Ha, ha ha! But what ever's become of that silly chap, Viktor? He ought to be here to listen too!
There was a peculiar jarring in Dick's ears before the second bar was played; and, before they were half-way through eight, the conductor's stick was tapping the music-stand fiercely. "Stop! stop! stop!" he yelled. "My good fellow, this won't do; you're flat horribly flat!"
But little sister, it appeared, did not wish to be taken, and she made the best of her way off, holding on by the chairs, and tottering over the great gulfs between them, until she succeeded in reaching the music-stand, where she paused for a while before beginning to destroy the music.
Delia stood by her music-stand, her eyes fixed with a far-away gaze on the window, and a rebellious little frown on her brow. "But I should love to be famous," she suddenly exclaimed, reaching up her arms and clasping her hands behind her head. "Professor, I should love it!
In the midst of them stood the gorgeous Porter, like a minister of state, before a music-stand, working away busily at a bassoon. Just as I had settled myself to listen to the beautiful serenade, the folding-doors leading to the balcony above the entrance parted.
He seemed a happy, mercurial, lucid nature, and he began presently to dwell with interest on the availability of the old music-stand in the centre of the square as a manger. "Hyar," he said, striking the rotten old structure with a heavy hand, which sent a quiver and a thrill through all the timbers "hyar's whar the guerillas always hitched thar beastises.
Nor had her elder brother any objection to her being thus brought forward: he was proud of her performance, and gratified with the compliments it elicited; and all went well till the new hymnals arrived, and books upon books, full of new tunes, anthems, and chants, were accumulating on the music-stand. 'What are you about there all the evening, not opening your lips?
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