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very pleasant memory ever since. I must have been very 

 small at the time, for, as I stood by her, holding one sheet 

 of the piece of music, I remember that she seemed to 

 tower above me, and I fancied she must be very tall 

 indeed. As such I continued to think of her, until, going 

 round Madame Tussaud's wax-works one day, I suddenly 

 came upon the effigy of the famous prima donna, and it 

 was with quite a shock that I discovered how very small 

 in stature she really was. I fear that the difference 

 between her real height and that of my imagination about 

 accords with our respective parts on the occasion of the 

 duet. 



In our time the greatest honour that Eton could 

 bestow was to be elected a member of " Pop." Nominally 

 a debating society, it really was a most exclusive club, and 

 was limited to twenty-eight members. No one had a 

 chance of being elected to it unless they were distinguished 

 in some way or other, and were " good fellows into the 

 bargain." No one, however he excelled in the athletic 

 world, was considered a " real swell " in school-boy 

 language unless he was also a member of Pop. It was 

 the touchstone of excellence, and the election to it the hall- 

 mark of Eton. Many and many a boy, winner of races, 

 and a member maybe of one of the various elevens, tried to 

 win this coveted honour, but in vain. It is a pity that it 

 has somewhat fallen from its high estate. To be a 

 " Member of Pop " now no longer carries the distinction 

 that it formerly did, for by some means or other a rule 

 seems to have been established that a member of the 

 " Cricket Eleven " or " Eight " ifso facto becomes a member 

 of Pop. Formerly he had to stand the chance of an 

 election, and frequently was black-balled if not thought 



