pretend anythinglike they were outlaws hiding in holes in trees from a sheriffs posse in olde england or scuba divers lassoing crocodiles in the red sea or skydiving over the alps like they did at that movie -- -or else shed pretend she was a dazzling virtuoso chasing rachmaninoff up and down the keysa composer she couldnt begin to play yetwith the crowd jumping to its feet before shed even finished the coda .