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Scan 142
The second violin, 1906
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 118. See the scan on archive.org.
1"Congratulations to the distinguished decorator!" he cried, and came to the end, temporarily, of his eloquence.
3Charlotte looked up in amazement. Jeff seized her hand and pumped it up and down. She glanced in bewilderment at her uncle, and met his smile of encouragement.
5"Mine, too," he said.
7"What—" she began, and her voice stuck in her throat. Her heart began to thump wildly. Then Jeff told it all in one burst:
9"Uncle Ray found your stuff in the attic—thought it great—woke me up and ground it out of me what you meant to do with it. He was sure, as I was, it was fit to show, and you ought not to do it all over first. Got a horse, drove into Chrystler's, saw Murdock. He would look at anything, listened to the story about the baby, looked at the stuff. Face changed—didn't it, Uncle Ray?—from politeness to interest, and all the rest of it. Said the work had faults, of course—you expected that, Fiddle—but it showed promise—'great promise,' that's just what he said. He wants to see everything you do. He wants you to come and see him. He thinks he can use at least two of your rooms, after you've made them over. Oh, he was great! You've done it, Fiddle, you've done it!"
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