To dearest M

This book I dedicate to you because you havewalked hand in hand with me through most ofthe experiences related therein.

Because of you my disappointments have beencut in half and my happinesses made double,and if I have made known to you the wondrousmuse of music, you in turn have brought intoour home and given a permanent abiding placetherein, the three gentle sisters—Faith, Hopeand Charity.