When the first movement finished, Roxanne, overjoyed at what she just heard, clapped her hands. All the rest of the audience stayed silent, knowing that clapping in between movements was uncouth.
Tom patted her knee and put his finger to his lip to indicate she needed to be quiet at that moment. Roxanne couldn't believe her faux pas. Why hadn't Tom warned her? At least when their plan included Tom going to the construction site, Roxanne had given him lessons. Where was her instruction?
The next movement sounded slower, and Roxanne settled back in her seat. She liked watching the players maneuver their fingers on the keys and the strings. She pointed to one player who looked to be playing a long stick with a reed and whispered to Tom, “What's that instrument?"
“The bassoon," he said in
