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Scan 239
The second violin, 1906
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 211. See the scan on archive.org.
1as the music came to a sudden stop that Celia might criticise the playing of a difficult passage.
3"She doesn't think so," called Just, softly, having caught the whisper. He indicated his elder sister. "She won't let me boom things with my viol the way I'd like to. What's the use of playing the biggest instrument if you can't make the biggest noise?"
5"Solo, by the double-bass!" cried Andy; and the whole orchestra, except the first violin of the leader, burst into a boisterous rendering of a popular street song, in which Just sawed forth the leading part, while the others kept up a rattling staccato accompaniment. Evelyn and Lucy became breathless with laughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Birch, who had just slipped into the room, joined in the merriment.
7"There you are," chuckled Jeff. "That's what you get when you give the donkey the solo part among the farmyard performers."
9"He can sing as well as the peacock," retorted Just, with spirit.
11"We were right in the middle of the 'Hungarian Intermezzo,'" explained Celia to the newcomers. "I stopped them to tell them why they needed to look more carefully to their phrasing, and the children burst into this sort of thing. What shall I do with them?"
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