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Maître Saval, a notary, was considered an artist in Vernon, where he lived. He was passionately fond of music; though still young, he was bald, always carefully shaved, stoutish but not disagreeably so -- and wore gold eyeglasses, instead of old-fashioned spectacles. He played the piano a little, also the violin, and gave musical evenings for the performance of new operas.
He even had a thread of a voice, only a very thin thread, but this he managed with such taste that cries of "Bravo! " "Amazing! " "Delightful! " came from all corners as soon as he had sung his last note.