“He has given us an undeniable masterpiece,” he declared without a trace of envy; “his teachers did not teach him that; a higher power bestowed it upon him!” “Bravo, bravo, Papa Haydn!” The prince clapped his hands with delight at the unreserved praise bestowed upon his friend and protégé by such an authoritative voice; he felt the ambition of a sportsman who lets a good horse run and thereby wins first prize.