At first she was afraid of him--
withered under his scorn, feared he would throw open
his door and order her out and forbid her ever to enter
again. But gradually she came to understand him--
not enough to lose her fear of him altogether, but
enough to lose the fear of his giving up so profitable a
pupil.
The truth was that Jennings, like every man who
succeeds at anything in this world, operated upon a
system to which he rigidly adhered. He was a man of
small talent and knowledge, but of great, persistence
and not a little common sense. He had tried to be a
singer, had failed because his voice was small and
unreliable. He had adopted teaching singing as a means
of getting a living. He had learned just enough about
it to enable him to teach the technical elements--what
is set down in the books. By observing other and older
teachers he had got together a teaching system that was
as good--and as bad--as any, and this he dubbed
the Jennings Method and proceeded to exploit as the
only one worth while.
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