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The thunder of the cannon on the battle-fields of Hanau and Leipsic silenced the dancing-music in the Tuileries; and in the drawing-rooms of Queen Hortense, hitherto devoted to music and literature, the ladies were now busily engaged in picking lint for the wounded who were daily arriving at the hospitals of Paris from the army.
At these words a ray of diabolic satisfaction lighted up the old woman's eyes; and she cried out, "What, my 'pussy-cat, could you play dancing-music, like those artists who go to the large parties of fashionable people?" "Certainly!" "Well, that is a talent worth something! Why did you not tell me before? I will think of it, and you shall see."
"Perhaps he may help me to an engagement," thought our hero, and he said readily, "I do." "Indeed!" said the stranger, appearing pleased. "What style of music do you play?" "For each of the last two evenings I have played for dancing-parties." "Alone?" "Yes." "You do not confine yourself to dancing-music?" "Oh, no!
Among them were a few soldiers, whose uniforms glowed red in the twilight, like the cigarette ends pulsing between the painted lips of the Ouled Naïls. All that quarter reeked with the sweet, wicked smell of the East; and in the Moorish café at the far end, the dancing-music had begun to throb and whine, mingling cries of love and death, with the passion of both.
"Don't know?" was repeated in surprise. "I am in search of work." "Oh, that's it! Are you a musician?" asked the young man, looking at the violin. "Yes; a little of one." "Are you looking for a job at fiddling?" asked the young man. "Yes, if I can find one," answered Philip, smiling. "Can you play dancing-music?" "Yes." "Then I guess I can get you a job for this evening."
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