human
That's all right; but they would better save their strength, for he never gives an encore for the first number. What do you think of Thayer now, Beatrix?
gpt
That I should be a better woman, if I could hear him sing often.
human
There's something in what you say. He makes me feel it, too. I never have heard him sing better, though he always does that song well. He told me once that he felt possessed with the spirit of his own grandfather, whenever he started it. From all signs, his grandfather must have been an intolerable old person to get on with, if he could rage in that fashion.
gpt
Possibly he had occasion.
human
Perhaps. He was a Russian musician with a young wife. Now for the Schubert group! Thayer's reputation is made, though; he can sing through his nose now, and they will think it a beautiful manifestation of individual genius. I only hope that Arlt will do one tenth as well.