:23:21
So you must attend my next recital.
:23:23
I heard you last week.
:23:25
I remember.
:23:27
The music was beautitul.
:23:30
Surely not that bad.
:23:32
I tound the playing exquisite.
:23:35
It's that damned Beethoven
I can't stand.
:23:39
People only claim to admire his stutt
so as not to seem ignorant.
:23:43
My dear husband, don't confirm
your stupidity in tront ot the guests.
:23:51
We all speak frankly here.
:23:55
Tell us your opinion.
:23:57
Heavens, no.
I was not looking tor tlattery.
:24:01
It was too clipped and staccato.
:24:04
There was not enough singing tone.
:24:07
Julia, as you can see, is being taught
by the maestro himselt.
:24:13
What?
:24:14
He comes every day to the house.
:24:16
Every day?
:24:18
Is that wise?
:24:21
Why do you say that?
:24:23
He's a harsh teacher.
:24:26
He's a scoundrel
and a republican.
:24:29
It is even said that he is
a tollower ot Napoleon.
:24:31
He'd have us all in the arms
ot Madame La Guillotine.
:24:35
He travels in polite society
on his reputation as a virtuoso...
:24:39
but flies into a tit it anyone...
:24:41
even dares suggest
he sit at the keyboard.
:24:45
Why will he no longer play?
:24:48
Beethoven is a strange
and obstinate man.
:24:52
He says it makes him
teel like a servant...
:24:54
and he serves no masters.
:24:57
But he takes the money.