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"Out of tune!" said the old doctor, giving her a look made up of humourous vexation and real sadness; "I wish I knew the right tuning-key to take hold of you!" "I become harmonious rapidly, uncle Orrin, when I am in this pleasant little room alone with you." "That wont do!" said he, shaking his head at the smile with which this was said "there is too much tension upon the strings.

For answer Topándy blew a long mouthful playfully into the girl's face. She must accustom herself to it: and then he hinted to Lorand that they should leave that room and go where unlimited freedom ruled. But Czipra began to put the strings of the czimbalom out of tune with her tuning-key. "Why did you do that?" inquired Melanie. "Because I shall never play on this instrument again." "Why not?"

"That I could help," said Arnold, as he took his tuning-key out of his pocket. "Oh, you are one of those tuners," said the old man, relieved; "my girls have been looking out for one." Arnold seated himself at the piano. The old people went in and out of the room, but presently came back when he began to play. They sat in silent listening. "When Arnold came to a pause, the old man said,

"Out of tune!" said the old doctor, giving her a look made up of humourous vexation and real sadness, "I wish I knew the right tuning-key to take hold of you!" "I become harmonious rapidly, uncle Orrin, when I am in this pleasant little room alone with you." "That won't do!" said he, shaking his head at the smile with which this was said, "there is too much tension upon the strings.

"I doubt not our friend the organist has been putting his delicate little hands upon it again," said Lady Adelheid laughing; but the Baroness was very much annoyed and said, "Oh, it really is a slice of bad luck! I am doomed, I see, never to have any pleasure here." I searched in the case of the instrument, and fortunately found some coils of strings, but no tuning-key anywhere.