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But she shook the thought from her and laid her mind bare . `` No ! -- daddy was called away this afternoon . He wo n't be back until to-morrow , noon . `` This violin , '' reverted Eileen , as if endeavouring to interest her guest and keep his thoughts away from the misery of his own condition as long as possible , `` was the last work of a very famous Italian violin maker , who disappeared mysteriously and was never heard of afterwards . It has a most beautiful tone , but for one note , and that one note is hideous . Ugh !