He sang,
"'Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rath
Das man vom liebsten was man hat
Muss scheiden.'"
Dan called out from his corner, "Translate. Let's know what it's all
about."
He pounded out the accompaniment louder. "We won't, will we?" He jumped
up suddenly. "Play the _Appassionata_."
She played and he talked.
"I can't play if you talk."
"Yes, you can. I wish I hadn't got to go to-morrow."
"Have you" (false note) "got to go?"
"I suppose so."
"If Dan asked you, would you stop?"
"Yes."
He slept in Papa's room. When she heard his door shut she went to Dan.
"Dan, why don't you ask him to stay longer?"
"Because I don't want him to."
"I thought he was your friend."
"He is my friend. The only one I've got."
'Then--why--?"
"That's why." He shut the door on her.
She got up early. Dan was alone in the dining-room.