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The violin maker, 1905
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 58. See the scan on archive.org.
1Stunned and streaming with blood, poor Klotz was found by a countryman coming from the city. He summoned the watch, who found him sorely wounded, and recognized him as a pupil of Amati, the violin maker. Amati hastened, as soon as the tidings reached him, to have the wounded man carried to his home. He had no difficulty, in his mind, in fixing the malicious deed upon Muraldi, and a hint to that effect sent the city watch in search of him. But they found no trace of the culprit.
3The physician examined the wound and pronounced it severe enough to be dangerous. The youth had escaped death as by a miracle; one inch deeper and the blow would have severed the thread of life.
5Guarneri and Straduari reproached themselves bitterly and deplored the misfortune of their friend. Where they had been to blame before, they now sought to atone by sympathy and affection. But Matthias was fortunate in that the wound went no deeper, and after a few weeks he was again in perfect health.
7In the meantime Master Amati had received
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