Eighteen years of rigorous schooling could not prevent the gasp that escaped from Catherine's lips. Then she blushed. She had invited Ellie for singing classes. How embarrassing.

But luckily Miss Bellini seemed to have forgotten that Catherine was still in the room. Instead, she looked at Ellie with her face frozen in a confused expression for about five seconds. Then she found her voice so suddenly that Catherine jumped. "No, Miss, music! Music! Can you read musical notes! Probably not. Well, never mind. Let's hear you sing. On your feet. Follow me." And Miss Bellini played an ascending scale.