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"I once was a dab at Penny Readings. " -- _Ruddygore_.
"What first put it into your head to give entertainments? " is a / question I have been asked hundreds of times, and my reply has / always been, "I'm sure I do not know. " Nor do I know to this day. I / used to play the piano very well at the age of twelve. What was / considered "very well" for a boy twenty-eight years ago, no doubt / would be considered execrable in these days of Hoffmanns and / Hegners. I remember, when I played, ladies used to say, "How odd it / seems to see a boy playing. " It was thought effeminate to play the / piano.