Chapter X Four Hours With Wagner--a Wonderful Singer, Once--” Only a

Shriek”--An Ancient Vocalist--“He Only Cry”--Emotional Germans--A Wise Custom--Late Comers Rebuked--Heard to the Last--No Interruptions Allowed--A Royal Audience--An Eccentric King--Real Rain and More of It--Immense Success--“Encore! Encore!”--Magnanimity of the King