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The master's violin, 1906
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 288. See the scan on archive.org.
1you who are one blundering old fellow. After taking to yourself the errand of telling her that I loved her still, you did not see fit to come back to me with the news that she also cared. Thereby much time has been wrongly spent."
3The Doctor grew hot and cold by turns. "You don't mean—" he cried. "Not—not Mrs. Irving!"
5"Who else?" asked the Master, serenely. "In all the world is she not the most lovely lady? Who that has seen her does not love her, and why not I?"
7Doctor Brinkerhoff sank into a chair, very much excited.
9"It is one astonishment also to me," the Master went on. "I cannot believe that the dear God has been so good, and I must always be pinching mineself to be sure that I do not sleep. It is most wonderful."
11"It is, indeed," the Doctor returned.
13"But see how it has happened. Only now can I understand. In the beginning, mine heart is very hurt, but out of mine hurt there comes the power to make mineself one great artist. It was mine Cremona that made the parting, because I am so foolish that I must go
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