she asked, a thrilling timbre in her low voice.

For it cannot, and it would not, hide the strange and rare timbre which distinguishes it from all othersthat quality which springs from a pure and calm vision, of life.

For the tones in which they were delivered possessed that deep, rich throat timbre which so often means powerpersonal magnetismdeep, from the chest, with vibrant throat tones suggesting a volume of sound which may in fact be only hinted by the loudness the man at the moment sees fit to employ.

Then, too, thanks to proximity, the most delicate tones could be heard to the extreme limits of the smorzando, still preserving that slightly veiled timbre unique in its charm, the mysterious interpreter of infinite sweetness and unspeakable tenderness.

And then the smile vanished and his voice took a new timbre, not of challenge, certainly not of defiance, but all the more for that of authority.

We generally use timbre in italics and pronounce it as French; and since the word is used only by musicians this does not cause much inconvenience to them, but it is because of its being an unenglish word that it is confined to specialists: and truly if it were an English word the quality which it denotes would be spoken of more frequently, and perhaps be even more differentiated and recognized, though it is well known to every child.