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Scan 232
The Master's Violin, 1905
18 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1"I did n't think you were displeased." He was too chivalrous to remind her of that moonlight night.
3"It was very wrong," she repeated, stubbornly.
5"Then forgive me."
7"It's nothing to me," she returned, unmoved.
9"I hoped it would be," said Lynn, gently. "Every time, I walked over to the next town to mail them. I knew you had n't seen any of my writing, and I was sure you would n't suspect me."
11"Nice advantage to take of a girl, was n't it?" demanded Iris, her temper rising.
13She rose and started toward the door, but Lynn kept her back. The starlight showed him her face, white and troubled. "Sweetheart," he said, "listen. Just a moment, dear—that is n't much to ask, is it? If it was wrong to write the letters, then I ask you to forgive me, but every word was true. I love you, Iris—I love you with all my heart."
15"With all your heart," she repeated, scornfully. "You have no heart!"
17"Iris," he said, unsteadily, "what do you mean?"
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