He plays by instinct--some folk call it inspiration.
Technical, skill he may have to acquire--his fingers are new to it.

The understanding of notation he may have to master again--the brain he uses _consciously_ is also of fresh construction.

But the sub-conscious self, the _Ego_ of the man, the real eternal soul of him, leaps back with joy to the thing he has done perfectly before.

He is a born musician; just as John the Baptist was a born prophet, because, into the little body prepared by Zacharias and Elisabeth, came the great _Ego_ of Elijah reincarnate; to reappear as a full-grown prophet on the banks of the Jordan--the very spot from which he had been caught away, his life-work only half-accomplished, nine centuries before.

Even our good Helen, if she knows her Bible, could hardly question this, remembering Whom it was Who said: 'If ye will receive it, this _is_ Elijah which was for to come; and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed.'" "Great Scott!" exclaimed Ronnie.