"I have always thought," said the Prince of Wales, contemplating the empty oyster shells upon his plate, "that one should play upon the delights of life as a musician upon the strings of a..." "Of a violin?" offered Helene Dampiere. "Of a cello, I think," added His Royal Highness, "an instrument of deeper range, I believe...in point of fact, a Dr. Richard Hurd drew up a plan of study for myself and my brother, which included, among other things, lessons in morals, mathematics, baking bread, boxing and performing on the cello. For some reason I never got around to studying the instrument..."