Low, quiet notes - following a playful glissando up into a clarinet's soulful wail - reverberate down the mansion hallway and out of the music room. Earth-dwellers may recognize the tune as classic
George Gershwin, and even if the piece itself is unfamiliar, dear listener, it possesses a certain jaunty attitude that many people would find
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Oh! Oh, hello. You do?
[Evelyn sets them down, tilting her head to one side as she looks at the newcomer.]
Not many people have recognized him so far.
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[She shakes his hand, looking towards the shiny discs, and sighs sadly.]
...I wish I knew what they were as well, but I have yet to figure them out. I was about to put some Duke Ellington on. Is there anything in particular you like to listen to?
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[She looks quizzical.]
I saw a record with a name like that on it, but I've never heard of him before.
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[Oh. Well, she's...she's not the most skilled dancer, you know, and it's been a while, but she can certainly try. With the friendly young man. Who she just met. Sure, why not?
Evelyn takes his hand and smiles apologetically.]
I'm afraid that dancing isn't my forte, but if you lead...
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Evelyn practically flops on the nearest chair as soon as he releases her, hair tousled from her neat bun, pink-cheeked from exertion.]
That-
[She sits up, catching her breath, and laughs as she glances back towards Sean.]
-where did you learn to dance like that? It's very different from what I've learned.
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[She smoothes her skirt and adjusts her clothes into something a little more respectable.]
Yourself?
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[It isn't an offensive habit, but it will probably prove to be unhealthy in the future.]
1962, really? What's it like? What do you do for a living?
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A student, really? What was your field of study?
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