"She realized she was humming a bit of a tune, The Virginia Reel, something she had often done as she prepared her lesson plans to take her Vanderbilt Ancient History students for a walk through the world of long ago. She smiled a bit...But the tune sped on without her...Faint, far away, but unmistakably something was playing the old tune -- a radio, phonograph -- she had neither operating in the house. A car radio, maybe? Someone come to visit? ...A quick glance out the window showed her an empty, if sunlight-washed, yard and driveway.

   And yet the music played on..."