"Are you relenting about the music and looking for something to play or sing?"
"I am not looking for anything, but I _am_ relenting," said Gwendolen, speaking in a submissive tone.
"May I know the reason?"
"I should like to hear Miss Lapidoth and have lessons from her, since you admire her so much--that is, of course, when we go to town. I mean lessons in rejoicing at her excellence and my own deficiency," said Gwendolen, turning on him a sweet, open smile.
"I shall be really glad for you to see and hear her," said Deronda, returning the smile in kind.
"Is she as perfect in every thing else as in her music?"

"Are you relenting about the music and looking for something to play or sing?"
"I am not looking for anything, but I am relenting," said Gwendolen. "I should like to hear Miss Lapidoth and have lessons from her, since you admire her so much, when we go to town. I mean lessons in rejoicing at her excellence and my own deficiency," said Gwendolen, turning on him a sweet, open smile.
"I shall be really glad for you to see and hear her," said Deronda, returning the smile. 