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During the first week or so we had no callers, and I had begun to think that my companion was as friendless a man as I was myself. DURING THE FIRST WEEK OR SO WE HAD NO CALLERS AND I BEGUN TO THINK THAT MY COMPANION WAS AS FRIENDLESS A MAN AS I WAS MYSELF
he violin. These were very remarkable, but as eccentric as all his other accomplishments. That he could play pieces, and difficult pieces, I knew well, because at my request he has played me some of Mendelssohn’s Lieder, and other favourites. When left to himself, however, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognized air. Leaning back in his arm-chair of an evening, he would close his eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee. Sometimes the chords were sonorous and melancholy. Occasionally they were fantastic and cheerful. Clearly they reflected the thoughts which possessed him, but whether the music aided those thoughts, or whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy was more than I could determine. I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience. O HIS POWERS UPON THE VIOLIN THESE WERE VERY REMARKABLE BUT AS ECCENTRIC AS ALL HIS OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HE COULD PLAY PIECES AND DIFFICULT PIECES I KNEW WELL BECAUSE AT MY REQUEST HE HAS PLAYED ME SOME OF MENDELSSOHN'S LEADER AND OTHER FAVOURITES WHEN LEFT TO HIMSELF HOWEVER HE WOULD SELDOM PRODUCE ANY MUSIC OR ATTEMPT ANY RECOGNIZED AIR LEANING BACK IN HIS ARM CHAIR OF AN EVENING HE WOULD CLOSE HIS EYES AND SCRAPE CARELESSLY AT THE FIDDLE WHICH WAS THROWN ACROSS HIS KNEE SOMETIMES THE CHORDS WERE SONOROUS AND MELANCHOLY OCCASIONALLY THEY WERE FANTASTIC AND CHEERFUL CLEARLY THEY REFLECTED THE THOUGHTS WHICH POSSESSED HIM BUT WHETHER THE MUSIC AIDED THOSE THOUGHTS OR WHETHER THE PLAYING WAS SIMPLY THE RESULT OF A WHIM OR FANCY WAS MORE THAN I COULD DETERMINE I MIGHT HAVE REBELLED AGAINST THESE EXASPERATING SOLOS HAD IT NOT BEEN THAT HE USUALLY TERMINATED THEM BY PLAYING IN QUICK SUCCESSION A WHOLE SERIES OF MY FAVOURITE AIRS AS A SLIGHT COMPENSATION FOR THE TRIAL UPON MY PATIENCE
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