The Readiness is All

So much to DO before the concert - Johannes has insisted that the entire house be aired, which means the windows are left open to the icy winds by night and day, the salon curtains taken down and beaten to make sure the moths are NOT hiding in their folds and twenty more chairs with gold tassels and blue velvet cushions are to be borrowed from a rich aunt in Augsburg. Her brother-in-law is a bookbinder and he has agreed to print as many programmes as there are chairs! N.