[Childermass has very little coin to his own name, and that from offering to assist people who need parcels or bags carried from stores to their strange moving carriages. Even so, after having paused to listen to the melodies, he reaches into the pocket of an ill-fitting secondhand coat and tosses a solar into the violin case.]

You have no small amount of skill, sir. I'm surprised you haven't been hired as some gentleman's personal entertainment.