This chapter opens with a lecture by an assistant professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris. The professor is teaching a group of students how to play the piano. The group is studying a piece called "Orchestre marlet," which is a famous piece by a famous French composer, Jacques-Louis-Roussillon. The students are learning to play all the parts of the piece, and the instructor is encouraging them to memorize the parts. The instructor tells the students that he is a former symphony orchestra conductor who has been active in Europe and the United States as well as Japan. He is a born sight-reader, and he is an accomplished conductor. They discuss the name of the orchestra that they will be working on in June. The assistant professor says that the orchestra will be called the Orchestre de marlet, which means "orchestre of the marlet." The students discuss the smell of the wine that they have just prepared for the performance. They buy tickets to the performance because they want to see it as soon as they can. They also discuss the history of the orchestre, which was founded and founded by Jacques Roussillon when he was a young man. The music is very popular in France, and Jacques-Rousseau is a well-known conductor. He has been a member of many orchestras, including the Paris Opera and the Paris Symphony Orchestra.