Blue Harpsichord Author:Francis Steegmuller Terence Kelly was a rising young professor of Latin. He was also one of those people who attract incident as picnics attract ants, with consequences almost always unfortunate. On his twenty-fifth birthday, determined to end the trail of complications strewn across his life, Terence inaugurated a 'hands off other people' policy, a program... more » of noninterference with the other members of the human race.
He meant well. He tried his best to keep clear of other people's lives. But so wide were the ripples created by the fall of a single pebble from Terence's hand that a simple inquiry about book- binding immediately involved a beautiful lady harpsichord player, a middle-aged pickle sales-man, three ex-chorus girls and their husbands (past and present), the manager of the Opera House (who was unaccustomed to delivering babies during the performance), and all the authorities at Terence's university. It also led to murder, and Terence suddenly found himself in the strong grip of the police, faced with the probable loss of not only his job, but his life.« less