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Who is she?
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Do you really want to know?
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Yes.
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A young girl
who used to work at Sardou's,
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a stationary shop
where I bought music paper.
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A very shy, reticent girl.
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She seldom spoke.
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But her smile was warm
and appealing.
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I read many things into it.
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I also was shy.
It was a bond between us.
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She used to give me
extra music sheets,
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and occasionally extra change.
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Which, frankly, I accepted.
Hunger has no conscience.
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The day after my symphony
played the Albert Hall,
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I went back to the shop,
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but she'd gone.
They said she'd left months ago.
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You haven't seen her since?
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Well, have I?
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Yes, you have.
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I know.
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I lost my job giving you
those extra music sheets.
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- You won't hold that against me?
- Of course not.
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I was very young then.
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You're very young now.
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I don't know.
Soon I shall be an old married lady.
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Then I wish you lots of happiness.
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Thank you.
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I wish that waitress would hurry.
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Before we do the choreography,
I'll explain the story.
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It's about Harlequinade.
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Terry is Columbine.
She is dying in a London garret.
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Harlequin, who is the lover,
and the clowns, are at her bedside.
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She asks to be carried
to the window.
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She wants to look upon the rooftops
one last time.
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The clowns weep. She smiles.
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Their clothes are not for sorrow
but for laughter.
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She wants them to perform,
do their tricks.
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The clowns can do their comedy.
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- While she's dying?
- Yes.
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Let me see, where am I?