Ted and Jimmy listened breathlessly . `` Oh , if I could only play like that ! '' said Ted wistfully . Blair Milford smiled . `` You will play much better some day if you get the proper training , '' he said . `` You have a wonderful talent , my boy , and you should have it cultivated . It will never in the world do to waste such genius . Yes , that is the right word , '' he went on musingly , as if talking to himself , '' ` genius . ' Nature is always taking us by surprise . This child has what I have never had and would make any sacrifice for . And yet in him it may come to naught for lack of opportunity . But it must not , Ted . You must have a musical training . '' `` I ca n't take lessons , if that is what you mean , sir , '' said Ted wonderingly . `` Mr. Jackson would n't pay for them . '' `` I think we need n't worry about the question of payment if you can find time to practise , '' said Blair Milford . `` I am to be at the beach for two months yet . For once I 'll take a music pupil . But will you have time to practise ? '' `` Yes , sir , I 'll make time , '' said Ted , as soon as he could speak at all for the wonder of it .
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