Oh, Merlin, did people not stay through the whole performance? Noble was suddenly significantly more interested in this whole orchestral thing. "I think I might take a walk towards the rear staircase," Noble said easily, "Just to stretch my legs. At around the - oh, twenty minute mark?" Hopefully Daffy was willing to pop out towards the beginning of the show; Noble could not imagine sitting down for any stretch of it with the knowledge that he was going to see her soon. And besides that -- most of the attendees would be sitting, near the beginning, so maybe they really would be able to get a few minutes of actual alone time.

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