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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
4 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 245. See the scan on archive.org.
1supplied, each Fiddle had its tale to relate. His thoughts were carried back to the successful energies of his past.
3Tarisio may be said to have lived the life of a hermit to the time of his death. He had no pleasures apart from his Fiddles; they were his all in this world. Into his wretched lodgings near the "Porta Tenaglia," in Milan, no living being but himself was ever permitted to enter. His nearest neighbours had not the least knowledge of his occupation. He mounted to his attic without exchanging a word with anyone, and left it securely fastened to start on his long journeys in the same taciturn manner. He was, consequently, regarded as a mysterious individual, whose doings were unfathomable. The time, however, has arrived when the veil hiding the inner life of this remarkable man should be lifted, and here I am indebted for particulars to Signor Ceruti, of Cremona, who received them from a reliable source. Tarisio had been seen by his ever-watchful neighbours to enter his abode, but none had noticed him quit it for several days. The door was tried and found locked; no answer was returned to the sundry knockings. That Tarisio was there the neighbours were convinced. The facts were at once brought under the notice of the municipal authorities, who gave instructions that an entry should be made by force into the mysterious man's apartment. The scene witnessed was indeed a painful one. On a miserable couch rested the lifeless body of Louis Tarisio;
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