The girl played on and never knew.

When she finished, the uproar of applause sounded a block down the street, but the half-senseless woman scarcely realized what it meant.

Then the girl came to the front of the stage, bowed, and lifting the violin she played her conception of an invitation to dance.

Every living soul within sound of her notes strained their nerves to sit still and let only their hearts dance with her.

When that began the woman ran toward the country.