When Hester was two years old a wheezy hand-organ would set her eyes to sparkling andher cheeks to dimpling, and when she was twenty the "Maiden's Prayer," played by aschool-girl, would fill her soul with ecstasy.To Hester, all the world seemed full of melody. Even the clouds in the sky sailed slowlyalong in time to a stately march in her brain, or danced to the tune of a merry schottischethat sounded for her ears alone. And when she saw the sunset...