Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885, Woodward, Alice B., ill · London, G. Bell & Sons · leaf 208
a polka mazurka. Admirable! cried the little man. Stay —and he drew an old violin from behind the rock; now dance again, and mark the time well, so that Imay catch the measure, and then I will accompanyyou. Which accordingly he did, improvising a veryspirited tune, which had, however, the peculiar… … v:_^ AMELIA AND THE DWARFS 167 thrown away. But, ho, ho, ho ! There is nothingthat I cannot mend, and a mended fiddle is anamended fiddle. It improves the tone. Now teachme that dance, and I will patch up all the rest of thegimcracks. Is it a bargain ? By all means, said Amelia; and she began…
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