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"It's all right," Sanford told ed to take hold of the chair as he kept the suitcases under his arm He pushed her up the ramp and I followed When we reached the porch, he put down the suitcases and hurried around to unlock the door

"Where is that fool?" she asked hi about Did someone else live in their beautiful house?

"It's all right," he said inserting his door key Celine turned and smiled at me

"Now you can push me, sweetheart," she said, and I moved quickly to the back of the chair

Sanford opened the door and we entered the house The entryide with ht was a coat rack and a small table on which were some sort of params for a dance recital On the front of one was Celine's picture Above it in big red letters were the words Sleeping Beauty

"I want you to see the studio first," she said when she sahat had captured s upstairs to her roo in a few minutes"

I saw there was a special elevator chair that ran up the side of the stairway At the top was another wheelchair Celine wheeled herself deeper into the house and I followed slowly, drinking everything in: the beautiful paintings on the walls, all of dancers, one who looked very much like Celine

"This is our living roo at a room on the left

I could only glance at it because she moved quickly down the hall I saw the fancy pink and white sofa with frills along the base, a red cushioned chair, the fieldstone fireplace andof Celine in a ballet costume

"Here," she declared, pausing at another doorway

I stepped up beside her and looked into the rooe and empty, with a shiny wooden floor All around the roo wooden bar

"This is my studio and now it is yours," she declared "I had a wall knocked out and two rooms connected You can spare no expense when it comes to your art"

"Mine?" I asked

"Of course, Janet I will get you the best instructor, Madame Malisorf, who has trained some very famous Russian ballet dancers and once was an accomplished ballerina herself She was ain that fa

raway, eerie look came over her