But the amount which he had already set in motion astounded her. Apparently it had been arranged that she should attend three or four times a week a well-known Opera Studio, where less than a dozen students received intensive and highly professional training. 'You'll be behind most of them in some respects,' Sir Oscar told her, 'but vocally you'll be on a respectable level of competition. Presently I shall be able to tell in which branches you are really deficient and in which you can rely to a certain extent on what you have learned in your rather sketchy development to date. In addition I shall want you here for personal study once a week, whenever I'm in this coimtry. You understand?' Caroline said she understood, and then broached the subject of the suggested rearrangement at her office. 'So long as both you and Marshall understand that the demands of your musical training take precedence over anything else, I have no objection. Any other question?' 'Yes.
