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Scan 163
The Master's Violin, 1905
11 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1XI
2"Sunset and Evening Star"
4DOCTOR BRINKERHOFF came in the morning, but afterward, when Margaret questioned him, he shook his head sadly. "I will do the best I can," he said, "and none of us can do more." He went down the path, bent and old. He seemed to have aged since the previous night.
6On Friday, Lynn went to Herr Kaufmann's as usual, but he played carelessly. "Young man," said the Master, "why is it that you study the violin?"
8"Why?" repeated Lynn. "Well, why not?"
10"It is all the same," returned the Master, frankly. "I can teach you nothing. You have the technique and the good wrist, you read quickly, but you play like one parrot. When I say 'fortissimo,' you play fortissimo; when I say 'allegro,' you play allegro. You
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