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The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer, 1925
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1The Fiddle Dealer
3suffered dreadfully from mal-de-mer and nothing would induce him to face the crossing again. Unlike many of his countrymen, he had a great liking for English folks and customs; his most ardent admiration was, however, given to the policemen and bus drivers. He was amazed alike at their kindness to strangers and their calmness in the most crowded thoroughfare.
5M. Darche, a friend who accompanied him on his travels, like many other Frenchmen I have met, laboured under the delusion that the Tower of London was really the abode of the English Kings and Queens and that her present Majesty lived there, although for the sake of variety she moved about among her other palaces.
7M. Vuillaume had in his possession at this time, the remnants of an Italian 'cello, which had here and there painted on it in gold parts of words and armorial bearings. These he ascribed to the chapel of Charles IX of France, and thought that the 'cello had been made to order by one of the Amatis.
9It was terribly broken up when he got it, but he found all the original pieces and had the patience to restore it. This was certainly a labour of love; for the pieces numbered hundreds and they were so well inserted, that, at the first glance, the 'cello seemed quite sound, even to an experienced eye. Till the end of his life he asserted that its proper place was the "Tour de Londres" though his brother and others made
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