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The second violin, 1906
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 268. See the scan on archive.org.
1"Do you think you will have time to write?" she asked.
3"Have time! I should say I would make time," he murmured. "Think I'm going to stand having this sort of thing cut off short? I guess not—unless—you're the one who hasn't time. And even then I don't think I could be kept from boring you with letters."
5"I shall certainly want to hear what you all are doing," she answered.
7She was thinking about this plan when she went up-stairs to bed an hour later. Jeff had stopped her at the foot of the stairs to say, "I'd just like a good secure promise from you about that letter-writing. I'll enjoy the time that's left a lot better if I know it isn't coming to a regular jumping-off place at the end. Will you promise to write regularly?"
9She paused on the bottom step, where she was just on a level with the straightforward dark eyes, half boy's, half man's, which met hers with the clear look of good comradeship. There was no sentimentality in the gaze, but undeniably strong liking and respect. She answered in Jeff's own spirit:
11"I promise. I really shouldn't know how to do without hearing about your plans and the things that happen to you. I'm not a very good
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