quot;No, no -- I dont t e.quot; Mister Bilderbaced to end t;No Joe Virginianesque.quot;

    S understood ted it to be ter Lafkoz and heime.

    Mister Bilderbacer, after temperament for t type of music, after t ced.

    quot;t oie oie stuff,quot; said Mister Bilderbac ;Not for you, Bienc to tses and skys.quot;

    A underkind. No matter  was w he had called her.

    ter at t t scimes, cry problem on tion  knife-like inside  it in bed, and even sometimes rating at t  just t being Jeirely. It  t  o go to scraining so early, eit was --?

    Once s she knew.

    quot;Play tasia and Fugue,quot; Mister Bilderbacer er Lafkoz ogether.

    to ail of er Bilderbacically from tisfied ood up from t o loosen t to  and c. But --

    quot;Frances --quot; Mister Lafkoz   covered by te lids. quot;Do you know ;

    Surned to ;A good many. ty some odd.quot;

    quot;ell t; tcly in ; ;

    Mister Bilderbac pleased; tural effulgence of German z raised  t easily enoug s no deception in keeping ure because t er Bilderbaced o look.

    Yet suco do . Not least, for ser Bilderbacood t, and even Mister Lafkoz  meant just w he said.

    In ter Bilderbac and contracted in ter of tly, temples insisting.

    But sometimes, before s, tocking do . quot;Bienc; And bringing Mrs. Bilderbac in and s s gatogether in a lumpy heap.

    And time sed from Junior high.

    quot; you ; asked Mrs. Bilderbac breakfast  iced to marco torium.

    quot;An evening dress my cousin  year.quot;

    quot;A;  ;I bet I kno;

    ed.  believe  sly didnt care at all.

    quot;Like t; able and mincing to the room, swishing his hips, rolling up his eyes behind his horn-rimmed glasses.

    t Saturday afternoon, after ook o tment stores dooaffetas t ts. o o one side, and selected pink. Soo.  some tle like old ladies so ep y look. But it really didnt matter at all. o cut out t it to errupted o stand by and suggest ruffles around tte on t and such made no difference.

    Nottered muc playing t must be played, bringing out t must be in icing, practicing, playing so t Mister Bilderbac some of its urging look. Putting to  Myra hess had, and Yehudi Menuhin -- even heime!

    o o es began springing out onation. Adolescence, s. Some kids played il, like  little tart t rying to get t -- someto  not so be. She --

    Once it  lose t. A underkind. . . A underkind. . . Of , rolling tain t at ernoon Mister Bilderbac ser Lafkoz to t door, as ayed at tly pressing a solitary note. Listening, Frances c wind  .

    quot;A good picture of ; s;I got a letter from elling about  Carnegie o eat at tea Room.quot;

    to put off going into tudio a moment longer sed until Mister Lafkoz o leave and tood bey cold outside cut into t e and ter ts  t to be.

    As s into tudio Mister Bilderbac up from tly ctle  the keyboard.

    quot;ell, Bienc; ;ternoon o begin all over. Start from scratc t fe;

    rying to act a part in a movie. oe to ogetisfied, movie  to run tack of music s in. quot;t yet,quot; ;tion Sonata. Opus. 26.quot;

    tiff and we and dead-seeming.

    quot;ait a minute,quot; ood in t ;today I expect someta -- its t Beeta you ever e is under control -- teco cope  ts all you t.quot;

    led til eacurned it around and seated raddling th his legs.

    For some reason, sion of  on  today s t sice urbed. iffly tilted, ense. to balance dangerously on t;No; ory dart of ion.

    notes oo loud, ther phrases followed dryly.

    Arrestingly ;ait! te w youre playing. ;

    quot;An-andante.quot;

    quot;All rig drag it into an adagio to t snatc off s oned andante --quot;

    Sried again. e from t was in her.

    quot;Listen,quot; errupted. quot;ions dominates t;

    quot;t; she answered.

    quot;t. te -- but its not salon stuff as you just played it. Start out softly, piano, and make it s just before t ic. And doer melody sing out. You kno. eve gone over all t side of it before. No. Feel it as Beete it do tragedy and restraint.quot;

    S stop looking at o rest tentatively on to fly up as a stop signal as soon as so . quot;Mister Bilderbac me play on t variation  stopping I could do better.quot;

    quot;I  interrupt,quot; he said.

    oo close to t part, and, obeying a nod from  jarred on  t into t s.

    o speak ness: quot;I  ally, t o take on intensity, develop t o be in in t part. Go on  one, t;

    Sed to start it o a feeling of deep, s o gum in t imagine t should be.

    note opped vibrating, ely got up from to side -- and beteetop of t of op once more. quot;No,quot;  her.

    o quiver. quot;I cant . I --quot;

    Suddenly rained o a smile. quot;Listen, Bienc; ;You still play t you? I told you not to drop it from your repertoire.quot;

    quot;Yes,quot; s;I practice it no;

    ;It  togetrongly you used to play it -- like a real blacksmiter. You see, Bienc you ifully. You used to --quot;

    opped in confusion and inub of cigarette. t from  around her lank hair and childish forehead.

    quot;Make it ; cepping back from the piano.

    For a moment ood just inside t circle t made. tted doo t;Vigorous,quot; he said.

    S stop looking at ting on one  resting squarely before rong training under trousers, raigaunc;Simply no; ed ure of ;t in turbed.quot;

    S look do t brigspread ter.

    quot;All of it,quot; ;No;

    S t t in  t   all afternoon felt suddenly dead. S gray and limp and s ter.

    o t in space before ion in temples. In retreat, s tears made te keys blur in a ery line. quot;I cant,quot; s;I dont kno cant -- cant any more.quot;

    ense body slackened and, o c him.

    . ttens and galosc room t was o speak.

    As sibule s  see  from  leaned against tudio door, relaxed and purposeless. t to firmly. Dragging cumbled doone steps, turned in tion, and reet t her children.