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Scan 131
The yellow violin, 1902
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 119. See the scan on archive.org.
1in the morning. Yes, a very nice room. I'm glad to be here. Haven't been out for over a month—but when one is in danger of being burned to death, you know—such a harbor as this is a god-send."
3"I hope it hasn't injured you to be moved, sir," said Cousin Selina.
5"Oh, no, I think not. I was a trifle scared though. One is apt to be, who hasn't quite regained the use of his feet. The fever was long and severe. But I'm getting over it well. Of course I can have this room—if I pay for it"—and he chuckled a little.
7"Oh, yes, and if it suits you," was the response. "I shall be very glad." Some way she had taken a fancy to this man with the mellow speech and the slight brogue that made it musical. There was that in his eyes and in his manner that spoke of true refinement. He declined her offer of refreshments, saying that his man would be over soon and would attend to everything. He declined a fire, though the night was cool, saying that he had had all the fire he wanted for one night, with a faint laugh, and Cousin Selina was on the point of retiring when the door opened, and a thin, dark, handsome man, with a hump on his back and an anxious,
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