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The violin maker, 1905
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 73. See the scan on archive.org.
1CHAPTER VII.
3THE BRAVE VIOLIN MAKER SAVES THE LIFE OF MARQUIS CRESCI.
5It was an oppressively hot summer day when Matthias turned his back on the city of Piacenza. The sun shone with unbearable heat and the stifling air lay along the horizon in a dark gray mass of vapor. Not a breath of wind stirred the leaden atmosphere, and even the shadows of the plane trees on the road moved with a dull heaviness.
7Notwithstanding all this, Klotz set forth on his way. A glance toward the west assured him that a thunder storm was gathering, for gray clouds, their lower edges of a dirty yellow, were massing along the heights. The growl of thunder was heard, but it was far distant, and before the storm burst Klotz hoped to reach the next village with ease.
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