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`` Of course I can , '' -- briskly . `` Lord de Burgh , if you care for music -- not severe classical music , you know -- ballads , recitatives , and that sort of thing -- Hyacinth O'Hara , the new tenor , and Mr. Merrydew , that wonderful mimic and singer , are coming to me next Tuesday ; I shall be delighted to see you . '' `` Not so delighted , I am sure , as I shall be to come , '' returned De Burgh , with unusual suavity . `` Very well -- half past nine . Do n't be late , and do n't forget . '' `` No danger of forgetting , I assure you . '' `` By-the-bye , '' resumed Mrs. Needham , as if seized with a happy thought , `` Angela Bradley receives on Sunday afternoons at their delightful villa at Wimbledon all through the season .