[…] Mrs. Marleen Ketchum was not quite certain if the train wrecked or if the volcano blew its top. It took a moment before she was certain it had to be the passenger train.
This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.
The piece … contains a passage for men's voices marked Les Travailleurs, topped by a tenor solo (in alto clef) marked Coryphée, a term originally meaning leader of the chorus, as in a Greek tragedy. … [T]he aforementioned Coryphée line grows out of a recitative for first tenor.
Brayder introduced them to one or two of the men, hastily and in rather an undervoice, as a thing to get over.
