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Scan 21
The yellow violin, 1902
14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 11. See the scan on archive.org.
1When the girl had gone the old man still stood at the window, looking vaguely in. He did not see the violin still hanging in all its glittering beauty, for the instrument was not in his thoughts.
3"The name—the name!" he muttered. "Even that is ignored. Well, well, it is better so. The child's father advised it. And she likes the violin. How can she help it? It runs in her veins, the love of music. But I must be cautious. I must find out several things. The father is dead—that is well—the mother is dead. Poor woman—that is well, too. Her sufferings are all over. Would that—but no, that is not for me to say.
5If the money had only come sooner—but it will still do some good. Heaven knows, I do not want it, only for the child. Well, well—we must call it a romance—and the child shall learn music—she shall have the violin."
7He went into the store.
9"Let me see that fiddle," he said, assuming a careless manner.
11The man behind the counter took it down and looked at the tag.
13"What's it worth?" asked the customer, determined to pay any price.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.