 Now, if they'd seen fit to consult with me. But no! Oh, no! Mr. Gildersleeve isn't quite la-di-da enough to be on any opera committee. Oh, mercy, no. Jeepers, what's he all excited about? I'm perfectly calm, my boy. I'm a little disappointed, I'll admit. There are people in Summerfield who think more of so-called ancestry than they do of real worth, that's all. I happen to believe that opera should be enjoyed by everybody, not simply by the favored few.