THE clear cool note of the cuckoo which has ousted the legitimate
nest-holder,
The whistle of the railway guard despatching the train to the
inevitable collision,
The maiden’s monosyllabic reply to a polysyllabic proposal,
The fundamental note of the last trump, which is presumably D
natural;
All of these are sounds to rejoice in, yea to let your ribs re-echo
with.
But better than all of them is the absolutely last chord of the
apparently inexhaustible pianoforte player.
_J. K. Stephen._