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The yellow violin, 1902
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1the professor, for she saw that Marie was hungering for her lessons; and another week brought him down in all the glory of a hunting suit and with fishing lines and other appliances of sport almost innumerable.
3It was pathetic to see with what zest he entered into all the homely little details of the house, and, guided by Marie, visited all the haunts which she had made her own, with almost a boyish delight. It was not long before heavy vans came from the city, bringing installments of furniture for the new room, furniture light and delicate as willow-ware—a carpet of Oriental complexity of design and marvelous in coloring—a fine grand piano and all the et ceteras that his love of luxury demanded. He was full of life and energy, ready in all things to do his best, and declared that the first breath of pure country air had revitalized him. He donned a Mexican sombrero, which shaded his face from the sun, and took long walks, often carrying his violin with him. Towards Marie he was the same tender friend and kindly, if exacting master.
5The sweet tones of violin and piano sounded often on the air; passing farmers stopped to listen, and the children of near-by families gathered of
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