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Scan 23
The yellow violin, 1902
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 13. See the scan on archive.org.
1ings. She had gone supperless to bed too often, had not known at times where to lay her head, indeed poverty had always been her lot, and she received the scantiest consideration with gratitude. It was enough for her that the people she lived with gave her the chance to make a few pennies every day; she was a grateful little soul.
3"You're late, miss," were the first words that greeted her. "The baby has been crying for you to put her to bed, and there's the kitchen to clean up."
5"I'll put the baby to bed first," said Marie, ignoring her healthy appetite, "and then I'll do the kitchen."
7The baby was a girl of seven, who in consideration of Marie's standing in the house, notably that of a menial, lorded it over the poor girl, giving her every conceivable trouble, and it was nearly an hour before she could prevail upon the child to lie down, and another hour before the kitchen was cleaned to the satisfaction of her mistress. All the way she could eat was to snatch now and then a mouthful of food and a sup of cold tea.
9"I won't stay so long again for all the handsome old men there are in creation," she said as she went
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