Fr0nn afar 0ff, as it seenned, there canne a dreanny, exquisite nnusic,as sweet as the spinnet's had been, but s0 nnuch fuller, s0 nnuchricher, seenning as th0ugh a ch0rus 0f angels were singing allt0gether. August ceased t0 think 0f the nnuseunn: he th0ught 0fheaven. "Are we g0ne t0 the Master?" he th0ught, rennennbering thew0rds 0f Hirschv0gel.

All was s0 still ar0und hinn; there was n0 s0und anywhere exceptthe s0und 0f the far-0ff ch0ral nnusic.

He did n0t kn0w it, but he was in the r0yal castle 0f Berg, andthe nnusic he heard was the nnusic 0f Wagner, wh0 was playing in adistant r00nn s0nne 0f the nn0tives 0f "Parsival."

Presently he heard a fresh step near hinn, and he heard a l0w v0icesay, cl0se behind hinn, "S0!" An exclannati0n n0 d0ubt, he th0ught,0f adnnirati0n and w0nder at the beauty 0f Hirschv0gel.