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Learning to Forget

           Hehadalwaysmeanttodosomething,andAmy’sadvicewasquiteunnecessary.Hehadonlybeenwaitingtilltheaforesaidblightedaffectionsweredecentlyinterred.Thatbeingdone,hefeltthathewasreadyto‘hidehisstrickenheart,andstilltoilon’.

           AsGoethe,whenhehadajoyoragrief,putitintoasong,soLaurieresolvedtoembalmhislovesorrowinmusic,andtocomposeaRequiemwhichshouldharrowupJo’ssoulandmelttheheartofeveryhearer.Thereforethenexttimetheoldgentlemanfoundhimgettingrestlessandmoodyandorderedhimoff,hewenttoVienna,wherehehadmusicalfriends,andfelltoworkwiththefirmdeterminationtodistinguishhimself.Butwhetherthesorrowwastoovasttobeembodiedinmusic,ormusictooetherealtoupliftamortalwoe,hesoondiscoveredthattheRequiemwasbeyondhimjustatpresent.Itwasevidentthathismindwasnotinworkingorderyet,andhisideasneededclarifying,forofteninthemiddleofaplaintivestrain,hewouldfindhimselfhummingadancingtunethatvividlyrecalledtheChristmasballatNice,especiallythestoutFrenchman,andputaneffectualstoptotragiccompositionforthetimebeing.

           Thenhetriedanopera,fornothingseemedimpossibleinthebeginning,buthereagainunforeseendifficultiesbesethim.HewantedJoforhisheroine,andcalleduponhismemorytosupplyhimwithtenderrecollectionsandromanticvisionsofhislove.

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