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which the tones were slurred, although definite and clear, in 

 contrast to her usual staccato ooh. The vowel sounds were 

 blended, ah with i and o with u as indicated; and ah-o-ah 

 was not a sequence of three separate syllables, but rather 

 one syllable sounding through the changing aperture of her 

 lips, as she widened and pursed them in this half scream, 

 followed by a staccato phrase: 



8va 



191 ooh ooh ooh ooh oo-oohooh ooh oo-oohoo-ooh 



She lagged behind, continuing her protest in the emphatic 

 passage below. Notice the rapid repetition of the staccato 

 tones, followed by the vigorous, accented phrase of two 

 slurred notes, repeated twice, and the two very high tones 

 of her scream — a vivid picture of the state of her mind. 



-=. -> 8m. 



oo-ooh 



oo-ooh 



oo-ooh ah 



Another day, upon finding that she was not to be carried, 

 she set out timidly to walk, expressing her feeUngs in these 

 halting tones: 



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ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 



