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Scan 85
The second violin, 1906
22 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 63. See the scan on archive.org.
1man Carter for the prize, and enjoying it equally well. It sharpens up the young wits to be pitted against the older ones, and it—well, it burnishes the elder rapiers and keeps them keen."
3"All right, this is your party," agreed Charlotte, and she went back to her duties.
5"You're not afraid it will be too much for you, little girl?" Captain Rayburn asked Celia, whose smile had faded, and who lay with her head turned away.
7"Oh—no."
9"Mercury a little low in the tube this morning?"
11"Just a little."
13"Any good reason why?"
15"N-no."
17"Except the best reason in the world—heavy atmospheric pressure. Knee a trifle slow to become a solid, capable, energetic knee, such as its owner demands. Owner a bit restless, physically and mentally. Plans for the winter upset—second lieutenant winning spurs while the colonel lies in the hospital tent, fighting imaginary battles and trying to keep cool under the strain."
19Celia looked round and smiled again, but her head went back to its old position, and tears forced themselves out from under the eyelids which she shut tightly together.
21"And a little current of anxiety for the inhab-
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