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Anxious to avoid their heated words and glances, I entered o pink as were the canopy, pillows, and coshell white desk with a lamp that had a base shaped like a duck On the walls were paintings of ballet dancers

"Those are scenes from famous ballets, Janet," Celine explained "That's Swan Lake, and that's Le Jeune Homme et la Mort That one is Ro at the one over the bed "I want you to be surrounded in dance--sleep, eat, and drink it just the way I did In tiain I felt it was an order

She wheeled herself to a cabinet next to the closet and opened it

"Here you'll find tapes and CDs of et to knoell you can hum entire productions The music must become a part of you You'll surely do as I did, hear the music, even while you're away fro to pirouette or perform a

change-ment de pieds"

"What's that?"

She looked at Sanford and smiled

"Frequently you need to change the position of your feet, froht foot in front to left foot in front or vice versa That's a juee of the feet Don't worry It will be easier than you think, especially for you," she said

I looked at Sanford to see if he had as much confidence in me His eyes were filled with smiles "Let her look around at her new room, Celine"

"Of course," she said, backing away "Your bathrooh that door"

I peered in at the round bathtub and stall shower All of the fixtures were shiny brass, and then I saw the towels on the racks There was so written on them I drew closer to read

"My name is on the towel!" I exclaimed

Sanford laughed

"And on the glass and the little soap dish," he added

Amazed, I took it all in