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Scan 171
The second violin, 1906
15 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 145. See the scan on archive.org.
1of colour swept over her face. She looked from one to another of the group as if she could not believe her good fortune. Then suddenly she dropped her flowers in an abandoned heap, clasped her hands tightly together, and drew one long breath of delight.
3"Can you spare me?" she murmured, her eyes upon her mother.
5Mrs. Birch nodded, smiling. "I surely can," she said.
7"Turn about is fair play," said Mr. Birch, "and your uncle seems to consider himself a person of authority."
9"I want," declared Captain Rayburn, his bright eyes studying each niece's winsome young face in turn, "in the interest of the family orchestra, to tune the violins."
11"Speaking of violins," said the captain, half an hour later, quite as if no interval of busy talk and plan-making had occured, "suppose we see about how far off the key they are at present. Jeff—Just——"
13Everybody stared, then laughed, for Jeff and Just instantly produced, from behind that same screen, five green-flanneled, familiar shapes. The entire company had reassembled under the oak-trees, drawn together by a secret summons from the captain. one of two readings
14Everybody stared, then laughed, for Jeff and Just instantly produced, from behind that same screen, five green-flanneled, familiar shapes. The entire company had reassembled under the oaks-trees, drawn together by a secret summons from the captain. one of two readings
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