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I was to play Bartok's First in Geneva.
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I wanted to go through the concerto
with the conductor in peace an quiet.
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So it's possible I did leave earlier.
1:14:15
The weather was hideous. Leonardo
was in a bad mood. So were you.
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Why make me remember it all?
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I'll tell you.
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You arrived on Thursday.
That evening we laughed
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and sang and drank wine and played
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some old game we found.
1:14:39
Helena wasn't so ill then.
She was
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happy all evening.
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Leonardo was happy
because she was.
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He talked and joked with her.
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She fell head over heels in love.
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They sat together
until late at night.
1:15:00
Next day Helena told me
he had kissed her.
1:15:14
In the evening we had guests.
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Leonardo drank too much
and played all the Bach solo suites.
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He was quite unlike himself,
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heavy and gentle
and as if enlarged.
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He played badly
but beautifully.
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Helena sat there
in the dusk, beaming.
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I've never seen
anything like it.