1. Who wrote the letter to the narrator? Who is coming to visit? When is the visitor coming? What is the narrator asked to do?

2. How was the land measured? What did Georgiana and Howard build? Where did they get their water?

3. How did Aunt Georgiana help the narrator with his studies? What did she teach the narrator? What musical instrument did they have?

4. Why do you think Aunt Georgiana told the narrator not to love the music so well?

5. What "little pleasure" does the narrator plan for the afternoon?

6. How does Aunt Georgiana react to being in the concert hall? About what is the narrator concerned?

7. What comprises the matinee audience? How are they dressed?

8. How does Aunt Georgiana react to the music? What awareness comes to the narrator?

9. What did Aunt Georgiana do when the narrator was sick? What effect did her action have on the narrator?

10. How does the tenor's solo affect Aunt Georgiana? the narrator? What insight into the human soul does the narrator have?

11. How does Aunt Georgiana know the "Prize Song"? Who used to sing it? What became of the singer?

12. Where does the narrator believe the music transports Aunt Georgiana?

13. Why does Aunt Georgiana want to stay in the concert hall?