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 Me. No, I don't need lessons. My sister does.
 Your sister. But didn't you say your father was teaching

her?

 He was, but he literally couldn't stand the pace. My sister
has no conception of speed. So, father said to find an instructor.

 So that's why you were asking about Jack Taylor. I am

afraid I can't help you. Haven't seen him for ages.

TONE GROUP IX

(Low Pre-Head+) (Sliding Head+) Fall-Rise (+Low Tail)

Fall-Rise: the voice first fells from a fairly high to a rather

low pitch, and then, still within the word, rises to a medium pitch.
Sliding Head: the pattern of the accented syllables is exactly

that found in the stepping head, the first high, the second lower,
and so on, but the unaccented syllables are treated differently:

instead of being said on the same pitch as the previous accented

syllable they form a descending sequence, the first lower than the

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