No more music

"At twelve o'clock the band stopped, for it was not a special dance. Adolph took up his violin, and play for about half an hour, his small gleaming smile fixed like hatred on his lips, while his eyes searched through the dancers; when they came in Martha's direction, she pretended not to see him. She felt guilty, and decided that she would write him that letter of apology next day. But when he had shaken his head for the last time, and climbed off the platform, there was no more music ..."   

-Doris Lessing, Martha Quest