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Scan 153
The yellow violin, 1902
20 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 139. See the scan on archive.org.
1"My dear madam," said the master, "pray take a chair while I talk a little business with you."
3Cousin Selina sat down.
5"In the first place, my dear lady, have you any more rooms?"
7"One other large one on this floor," was the answer, for she came prepared to listen to fault-finding or disapprobation.
9"I wish to take another room. Is it furnished?"
11Cousin Selina signified that it was not.
13"Then can I have this furniture transferred to that room, and may I be allowed to use my own judgment in furnishing this one?"
15His manner was very courtly. Cousin Selina felt as if in the presence of a prince.
17"Certainly, you can do as you please about it," she said.
19"I wished to say that I am particularly well pleased with this room, and that I should like to furnish it as a studio. Fortunately the fire did not injure some of my things in the corner house, but what the flames spared very likely the water ruined. My piano is very large, a grand, and will suit this room admirably. I shall buy all the hangings, the curtains and the furniture I need. And if I have
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