1Everyone in the village knew that Mrs Bell gave piano lessons in her front room.
2What nobody knew was that she had once played in the great concert halls of Europe.
3A newspaper article from forty years ago proved she had been quite famous.
4A young student named Oliver found the article hidden inside an old music book.
5He asked her why she had stopped performing, and she did not answer.
6After the lesson she finally told him about the accident that hurt her hands.
7Doctors had said she would never play again, but she had proved them wrong.
8Even so, she could never face an audience again after that terrible night.
9Oliver asked her to play just once, only for him, in her front room.
10Her hands shook at first, but then the music filled the whole house.
11Neighbours stopped in the street to listen, and some of them began to cry.
12The following spring, Mrs Bell played in the village hall, and everyone stood up.