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Clio was toying with the delicate little glass from which she had been drinking. "Before we have the next story, one of you might sing something," she said. "I shall be glad to play the accompaniment on the sackbut, which is a historical instrument. We first hear of it as being in use about the latter end of the"
"Let's see," said Erato, shamelessly interrupting, "I was to tell the next story, I think."