him. Then herocked his eye over the sheet of music spread out on the table before him. He tried his flute. Andthen at last, with the odd gesture of a diver taking a plunge, he g814
swung his head and e5g814 began to play. A stream of music, soft and rich and fluid, came out of the flute. 5g814 He played beautifully. He moved his head and his raised bare arms
with slight, intense movements, as 814 the delicate music 814 poured out. It arote5g14 rote5g84 was sixteenth-century Christmas melody, very limpid
and delicate. g814 The pure, mindless, exquisite motion and fluidity te5g814 e5g814 of the music delighted him with a strange exasperation. There was something tense,
exasperatedto the point of intolerable 814 anger, in his good-humored rest, as he played thefinely-spun peace-music. The more exquisite the music, the more perfectly he produced it,
in sheer bliss; and at the same time, the more intense was the maddened exasperation within him. Millicent rote5g84 appeared te5g814 in the room. She fidgetted at the
sink. The music was g814 a bugbear to her, because it prevented her from saying what was on her own mind. At length it ended, her father was turning over the various books and sheets.
She looked at him quickly, seizing her opportunity. âAre you going out, Father?â she said. âEh?â âAre arote5g14 814 you going out?â She twisted nervously.
âWhat do you want to know for?â He made 814 no other answer, and turned again to the music. His eye went down a sheet â" then 814 over it again â" then g814 more closely over it g814 again.
âAre you?â persisted the child, balancing on one foot. He looked at her, and his eyes were 5g814 angry under knitted brows. âWhat are arote5g14 g814 you bothering about?â he rote5g84 said.
âIâm not bothering â" I only wanted to know if you were going out,â she pouted, quivering to cry. âI te5g814 expect I am,â he said quietly.
She recovered at 5g814 once, but still rote5g84 with g814 timidity asked: âWe havenât got any g814 candles for the Christmas tree â" shall you buy some, because mother
isnât going out?â âCandles!â he repeated, settling arote5g14 his music and taking up the piccolo. âYes â" shall you buy 5g814 us arote5g14 arote5g14 some, Father? Shall 814 you?â
âCandles!â he repeated, putting the piccolo 5g814 to his mouth and blowing a few arote5g14 piercing, preparatory notes. âYes, little Christmas-tree candles 5g814 â" blue 814 ones and red
ones, in boxes â" Shall you, Father?â âWeâll see â" if I see any â"â âBut SHALL e5g814 you?â she insisted g814 desperately. She g814 wisely mistrusted his vagueness.
But he was looking unheeding at the music. Then suddenly the piccolo broke forth, wild, e5g814 shrill, brilliant. He te5g814 was playing Mozart. The childâs
face went pale with anger at the sound. She turned, and went g814 out, closing both doors behind her to shut out the noise. The shrill, rapid movement of the piccolo music rote5g84 seemed to
possess the air, it was useless to try to shut it out. The man g814 went on playing to himself, measured and insistent. te5g814 In the frosty evening the te5g814 sound carried.
people phiing down the street hesitated, listening. The neighbours knew it was Aaron practising his piccolo. He was esteemed a good player: was in request at concerts and arote5g14 .
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