Had those
thoughts and hopes been other, we should not, perhaps, have had this
story to tell.
The choir gave an _al fresco_ concert on the night of the second day of
the match in the grass close. The resonance from the surrounding
buildings made the songs very effective for an outdoor entertainment.
_Surgit amari aliquid_. Just at this time came news of a new fever case
at Uppingham. We knew what might be the significance of the news, and
began to make up our minds for another term at Borth.
On July 5th a public concert was given by the choir, and attended by the
rest of the school, at Aberystwith. It was the second of two given in
support of the new church at Borth, to the debt on which the proceeds
were devoted. The first was held in the Assembly Room of the Queen's
Hotel, a beautiful room, with fine acoustic properties. We cannot say as
much for the Temperance Hall, in which the second was given. It is a
structure of the very severest Georgian architecture. "Why," asks a
reporter, "should water-drinkers allow it to be supposed that the graces
of art are all in the hands of Bacchus?" The journey to and fro by rail
was, in the popular estimate, an integral part of the entertainment; its
charm lay in the uncertainty as to whether the laden train would be able
to climb the abrupt incline to Langfihangel, or would keep on the rickety
rails as it spun down the same curve in returning.
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