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I H OPE YOU AREBETTER DEAR AND CAN COME BACK SOON YOUR KIRK XXXXXXXXXXXX Mrs. Sturgis 's feelings , on reading this production , may be imagined . She wept a little , being still not herself , and found heart , for the first time , to notice that a robin was singing outside her own window . There is no question but that Kirk 's days were really the busiest of the Sturgis family 's . For no sooner did the Three R 's loose their hold on him at noon , than the Maestro claimed him for music after lunch , three times a week . Rather tantalizing music , for he was n't to go near the piano yet . No , it was solfeggio , horrid dry scales to sing , and rhythm , and notation . But all was repaid when the Maestro dropped to the piano-stool and filled a half-hour with music that made Kirk more than ever long to master the scales .