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Scan 15
The yellow violin, 1902
16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Yellow Violin.
3CHAPTER I.
5MARIE MEETS THE MASTER.
7"Oh, what a splendid violin!"
9The child, she looked scarcely more, held her breath for a moment, lost in admiration of the instrument. It was a bright yellow, beautifully polished and delicately modelled.
11Standing there, her sparkling eyes riveted upon the violin, her lips smiling, she did not see that some one else had also stopped and was looking over her shoulder. A man, somewhat aged in appearance, though straight and broad shouldered, had also been attracted by the violin, and seemed on the point of speaking to the girl.
13Presently he espied under her arm a package of newspapers, and started, as the girl, turning, said:
15"Evenin' paper, sir?"
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