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Scan 121
The violin maker, 1905
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 115. See the scan on archive.org.
1Matthias Returns to Home and Father 115
3One day the merchant who had taken the Marquis Cresci's violin came to the workroom; his manner showed at once that he had fulfilled his commission satisfactorily.
5"Did the instrument reach its journey's end in safety, Signor?" asked Matthias, and his heart throbbed in expectation of the answer.
7"Without a flaw," answered the merchant. "The Marquis showed great delight over the beautiful thing; he said you were a master—yes, that is so, he called you a master—and seemed as if he would never be done looking at it and listening to it. He sends you greeting, Master Klotz, and this by my hands."
9With these words the merchant took from a leather purse which hung at his girdle twenty Florentine gold pieces, which he handed to Matthias.
11"That is the pay for your work," said the messenger, amused at the astonishment of the young man, who stood staring at the sparkling gold.
13"This is a great deal too much!" came finally from the lips of the fortunate Klotz, in devout
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