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Scan 179
The yellow violin, 1902
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 165. See the scan on archive.org.
1and the clear notes rang out discordant, but rich and vibrant.
3"You will do," he said, his face suffused with delight. "It will be a pleasure for you to study and for me to teach."
5"Oh, sir—you do not mean"—Marie began, trembling from head to foot—"that I—I—" she could get no further.
7"I mean that you are to learn the violin," he replied.
9"But how—how can I? I have no money," she asked, tears in her eyes, tears of astonishment and rapture.
11"I don't want any money," he said in quick, clear accents. "Money! and your capability! Why, I can see the artist in your very touch. Oh, I don't want money. It will be a pleasure—do you hear, little one?—a pleasure, a delight, to teach you. I had rather pay you for your time than not have you for a pupil. Genius is hard to find; when I do find it, I know it; besides, it pays."
13Marie's face was a study. Surprise, pleasure, incredulity were all visible in every change that swept over her sweet face. She had never even dreamed that such an overwhelming joy would
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