midnight in July
He realized the need of help -- an ordering executive mind . His brain and body quickly adjusted to the great good which had descended upon him -- work and praise , and love for all things . With these , his hours breathed . One midnight in July , as he lay awake , an impulse came to play Beethoven 's symphony -- in the dark ... . He arranged the four rolls to hand , turned off the lights again , and sat down before the orchestrelle . The opening bars , which the Master designated , '' _ So pocht das Schicksal an die Pforte _ , '' lured his every power of concentration . He was one with it , and movements of the dark swung with the flow of harmony .