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Scan 146
The yellow violin, 1902
20 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 132. See the scan on archive.org.
1voice, "but he told me not to stop, and seemed to like to hear me, till at the last he gave such a cry—and oh how he frightened me."
3"What did he say?"
5"Nothing—it was only a cry of pain, or of something too dreadful to be borne."
7"I'm afraid he is worse than we think he is," said Cousin Selina. "But you are looking pale. Get your work and come in and sit by the window, while I go out again. I don't believe the boy will care to talk any more tonight. And when I come back, I'll go up and see if the old gentleman needs anything."
9"It's so comforting," said Marie, smiling.
11"What is so comforting, child?" asked Cousin Selina.
13"To think he is here, up stairs with all his music. I counted three violin cases."
15Cousin Selina laughed at the girl's enthusiasm.
17"Yes. I understand now why he didn't come after me," Marie went on. "He has been sick for a long time. Don't you think him a very fine looking old gentleman?"
19"Very," was the reply, as Cousin Selina tied her bonnet strings.
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