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Scan 148
The yellow violin, 1902
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 134. See the scan on archive.org.
1would soon be ready to receive his classes, at which there was unfeigned joy among the music-loving circles of the city; for the professor was always willing to play on great occasions, but would never receive compensation for his services. Wherever there was a brilliant gathering, especially on behalf of charity, there the tall figure and the classical face, wonderfully beautiful for its seeming age, and most impressive on account of the shining silver of the hair, was seen, and the glorious melody of his "strad," a violin for which he had paid thousands of dollars, rang out in the utter silence that always ensued after the first tone sounded.
3On the morning after the fire when his valet, and man of general utility, had robed and installed him in the great easy chair, the professor looked round with a smile of satisfaction.
5"Better room than the other, Jock," he said. "Not in quite so fashionable a locality, but the room is much larger, and I like this alcove."
7"Yes, sir," said Jock, who was busy arranging a tiny alcohol lamp, and emptying a paper of fragrant tea into a small tin cannister—"yes, sir," he said again, looking round the room—"lots of air
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