Edward Hopper Two on the Aisle painting

Edward Hopper Two on the Aisle paintingEdward Hopper Bridle Path paintingAlphonse Maria Mucha Savonnerie de Bagnolet painting
theepilogueis done;
In the meantime here's thekommos,or lament:

Now their voices rose most sweetly in the touchingest words and I'd ever heard -- which, however, did not constitute a truekommos, according to Dr. Sear.

Taliphed had a mind like an iron trap. [STROPHE 3
Boo hoo hoo.
Caught the monster, caught the deanship,caught the Dean's wife in his lap.
Boo hoo hoo.

Gentleman, scholar, and keen dean! But [ANTISTROPHE 3
Caught himself in his trap, like a nut.
Bet he wishes he'd kept it shut.
Boo hoo hoo.

Why did you murder your daddy, my friend?
Why did you roger your mommy? And
Why must we sing this refrain again?
Boo hoo hoo,

At this point, while my eyes swam still, the hush in which the committee's last notes died was broken by a static rustle and a terse voice from loudspeakers around the margin of the Amphitheater.
"Ladies and gentlemen: we interrupt this catharsis to bring you two special news bulletins. . ."
There was a general stir; Dr. Sear muttered something impatient about the adverse psychological effects ofcatharsis interruptus, but after a moment's pause the amplified announcement continued: