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Scan 149
The yellow violin, 1902
18 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 135. See the scan on archive.org.
1to breathe here. But, as you say, sir, not fashionable."
3"What do I care for that?" was the response. "All one has to do is to furnish. You say the piano is not badly injured."
5"Not at all, I should think," said the hunchback, who was an Italian. "The cloth cover burned off, and the top of the instrument is badly blistered, but otherwise it is all right."
7"Have it sent down to Sanders at once. He will restore the varnish. And you are sure all the other instruments were saved?"
9"Every one, sir—there are four violins—a guitar, a mandolin, and the old banjo. I made sure of them at the first. There they are, sir, all under that cloth," and the man emptied the spoon full of tea into a silver kettle.
11"Good," said the master. "Jock, is there a restaurant near?"
13"Quite near, sir," was the answer.
15"Order a breakfast for two, a good steak and all the rest of it. I'm famishing."
17"Are you quite sure, sir," said the man, hesitating—
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