Chapter XIX
The Dotted Line (Connected)
Ellenancy played an ascending melody on her violin.
When the final pitch died, Lisanne struck a low note upon the lacquered grand piano at which she was seated. (The timbral shift reminded her of the first time she had visited America.)
The mannequin played a conjunct refrain on her violin.
When the final pitch died, the petite blonde struck a low note, played it again and sustained it for five seconds. (She remembered a dead deer that she had watched decay in her parents’ backyard throughout the summer of twenty-thirty-one.)
Ellenancy played a sad scale on her violin and then muted her instrument; Lisanne struck twice in response. The last piano note resounded portentously in the harp of the grand piano, traveled about the lavender and gold in
