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Scan 179
The master's violin, 1906
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 167. See the scan on archive.org.
1"And this is Tuesday. Well, we hear very little up here. It is too bad."
3"Yes," agreed Lynn, awkwardly, "It—it upsets things."
5The Master looked at him narrowly. "So it does. For instance, you have lost one lesson on account of it, but you can practise. Come down in mine shop where I am finishing mine violin. You shall play your concerto. It is not a necessity to lose the practise for death."
7"That's what I thought," said Lynn, as they went downstairs. "She was very old, you know—more than seventy-five. There is a great deal of fuss made about such things."
9Again the Master looked at him sharply, but Lynn was unconscious and perfectly sincere. He was not touched at all.
11"You can have one of mine violins," the Master resumed, "and I shall finish the one upon which I am at work. The concerto, please."
13At once Lynn began, walking back and forth restlessly as he played. He had long since memorised the composition, and when he finished the first movement he paused to tighten a string.
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