So they let him practise in the day-time, in the back-kitchen with all the doors shut; but his more successful passages could generally be heard in the sitting-room, in spite of these precautions, and would affect his mother almost to tears.
Så de tillät honom att öva på dagtid, i grovköket, med alla dörrar stängda; men hans mera framgångsrika passager kunde i allmänhet höras i vardagsrummet, trots alla vidtagna åtgärder, vilken nästan drev hans mor till tårar.