Summary: An eccentric musician leaves his concerts after only a few songs, not because he is a misanthrope or shy, but to visit a very young, beautiful woman in a hotel nearby. Although he is over fifty, and she is barely twenty, he strikes up a conversation with her. After they spend time together, he proposes marriage but she turns him down. He sees her out with another suitor, and returns to his hotel room only to catch his aging image in the mirror. Two years later he receives a letter from one of her friends. Notes: Short novel. Contains a bibliography of the author, an advertisement for a piano, a promotional advertisement, and information about the series including a list of published titles and the title of the next publication.
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Summary: An eccentric musician leaves his concerts after only a few songs, not because he is a misanthrope or shy, but to visit a very young, beautiful woman in a hotel nearby. Although he is over fifty, and she is barely twenty, he strikes up a conversation with her. After they spend time together, he proposes marriage but she turns him down. He sees her out with another suitor, and returns to his hotel room only to catch his aging image in the mirror. Two years later he receives a letter from one of her friends. Notes: Short novel. Contains a bibliography of the author, an advertisement for a piano, a promotional advertisement, and information about the series including a list of published titles and the title of the next publication.
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