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Scan 38
The Master's Violin, 1905
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1humming, under his breath, bits of the improvisation, and did not speak again until they were at home.
3The fire was out, but Iris had left two lighted candles on a table in the hall. "A fine violin," he said; "by far the finest I have ever heard."
5"Yes," she returned, "a Cremona—that is, I think it must be, from its tone."
7"Possibly. Good night, and pleasant dreams."
9They parted at the head of the stairs, and down on the landing the tall clock chimed twelve. Margaret lay for a long time with her eyes closed, but none the less awake. Toward dawn, the ghostly fingers of her dreams tapped questioningly at the Master's door, but without disturbing his sleep.
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