Scan 25
Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1à la neige, which Lulli alone knew how to make. The head-cook himself passed, however, for the inventor of those dishes. Lulli knew it, and had the good sense to allow matters to remain as they were. It protected him from violence.
3One day—Lulli was then fifteen and a half years of age—the sun was shining gloriously in the heavens, the kitchen boys were all as gay as larks; it is needless to add, the head-cook was far away, and Lulli, who had taken up his violin, was treating his enraptured companions to some of his very finest music, when the Comte de Nogent suddenly entered the kitchen, and, to the surprise of all present, took away the boy and his violin. Never again was Lulli to behold those greasy walls and pans; in fact, that day proved the commencement of his fortune.
5The illustrious Count had heard, from the open windows of his apartment, the sound of Lulli's violin; his curiosity was excited, and he longed to know what inmate of the palace could manage the instrument so skilfully. Having assured himself that the music proceeded from the kitchen, he entered, and telling Lulli not to fear, but to
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