She did. When her performance was over, she retreated to the wings a midst thunderous applause for an encore! And it was then that she saw the young boy, waiting and clapping also. He praised her wondrous talent, and of course she scolded him for not letting her know he was there. If she had known, she said, she would've played even better. Caught up in the moment, he took her hand and then pulled her in for a warm embrace, like something from out of a romance novel.

[ Albert turns slightly pink. ]

Then-- he realised what he was doing and pulled away, of course. And apologised. For he wasn't her fiancé anymore. But the girl didn't care, she said. It seemed like... for the first time, they were finally seeing eye to eye. It made him remember something: he had brought her a present for her debut. A bunch of fresh grapes; her favourite. She laughed at him, because of course you're supposed to bring a bouquet of flowers rather than grapes. But she accepted them all the same. She said... even when they were kids, she'd always wanted him to bring her flowers when they played in the meadow, but he always brought her berries instead. Even so, they were always delicious.

Would you believe it, it only struck him then-- how foolish he had been not to notice her feelings all along. For a moment it seemed like they would kiss...

But alas they were interrupted by Evil Himself: the new man she was engaged to. The audience was waiting for their encore, you see, so he had come to find out why his fiancée had been hiding behind the curtain so long. Why, our young hero was fit to be tied at the interference, but the girl held him back. Listen to just one more song, she said. I'll be playing just for you, and only you.