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Scan 47
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.
1easily turned aside. "Herr Kaufmann," he began, "I have come hundreds of miles to study with you. We have broken up our home and have come to live in East Lancaster for that one purpose."
3"I am flattered," observed the Master, dryly. May I ask now you have heard of me so far away as many hundred miles?"
5"Why, everybody knows of you! When I was a little child, I can remember my mother telling me that some day I should study with the great Herr Kaufmann. It is the dream of her life and of mine."
7"A bad dream," remarked the violinist, succinctly. "May I ask your mother's name?"
9"Mrs. Irving—Margaret Irving."
11"Margaret," repeated the old man in a different tone. "Margaret."
13There was a long silence, then the boy began once more. "You'll take me, won't you?"
15For an instant the Master seemed on the point of yielding, unconditionally, then he came to himself with a start. "One moment," he said, clearing his throat. "Why did you lift up mine Cremona?"
17The piercing eyes were upon him and
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