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And the whole "czimbalom" playing is such a jest, so grotesque; the player's arms jerk and wave continuously; his whole shoulder and head are in perpetual motion; whereas, with the piano, the five fingers do all; the artist's relation to the piano is that of my lord to his children, whom he addresses from a far-off height; the czimbalom-player is "per tu" with his instrument.
But the czimbalom-player merely closed the door from the inside and followed his righteous benefactor. "Golden-winged angels in a wagon of diamonds...." "Get out this moment!" cried Sárvölgyi, hastily looking for a stick to drive the flatterer out of his room.
One night in particular an old, one-eyed czimbalom-player, whose sole remaining eye was bound up he had only joined the band that day would not permit himself to be over-awed: he seized the master's hand, kissed every finger of it in turn, then every nail: "God recompense you for what you intend to give, multiply your family like the sparrows in the fields: may your life be like honey...."
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