"Palestrina!" he exclaimed. "However did they come by the truth?"
"... And no one can play like you...."
"Yes?"
"... And you 've come here away from people to compose a great piece ... and don't want anybody to ... to hear you."
The tide of her words ebbed suddenly there, leaving her eyes stranded upon his. The same thought came up simultaneously to them both.
"And so ... that 's why you did n't come."
She dropped her eyes.
"I knew it was mean," she said humbly, "taking things when your back was turned. I felt like stealing, at first. I could n't listen for shame."
"And what 'll be to pay for it all ... when you get back?" said he.
The fringe of her lashes was raised while her eyes reconnoitred, and dropped again.