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Scan 95
A teacher of the violin and other tales, 1891
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 79. See the scan on archive.org.
1'Sire,' said the Princess to her father, the same evening on which she had had the talk with Adelheid, 'I wish you to hear a young performer on the violin, Otto von Saale, who is a pupil of Herr Veitch. I heard him once by accident in Das Vergnügen. I wish him,' continued the Princess, with serene candour, after a slight pause, 'I wish him to marry the Fräulein.'
3'Yes?' said the King, 'you wish him to marry the Fräulein? I have observed, on more than one occasion, that efforts of this character may be abortive.'
5The King paused, as though on the point of saying more, but apparently doubting whether he could safely venture upon further assertion, he remained silent. After a pause he went on: 'You consider this young man to be a promising performer?'
7'His forte,' replied the Princess, 'as the
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