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In spring I’m told S. B. has accepted Vika into his tutorials. So he did have room for a third student, after all!
But then I got to thinking that maybe S. B. is not only to blame – who knows, maybe he took her on at the last minute, by chance. Anything could have happened… We always try to justify the other person’s behaviour, to look on the bright side of life and all that, all the while bearing in mind the likelihood, even the probability, that things may be quite the opposite.
Vika did her utmost to worm out of me why I had suddenly decided to study solfeggio.
Now I find it difficult to say a forced hello to S. B. as though nothing had happened. I try to avoid him, although I don’t always manage it. Has his attitude towards me changed? I don’t know, but it’s clear he’s vexed. No
