"Oh, yours is about the size of mine. Mine is English, but it is modelled on the famous old Stradivari pattern of Cremona, my teacher said. You know Stradivari was one of the most famous of the Cremona makers," looking up at Hope with an air of wisdom.
"She took Hope's violin from her hands"
Hope nodded.
"But this is a pretty little violin,—sort of quaint-looking," went on Dolly, amiably. She was fast recovering her spirits, forgetting her grievances and homesickness in her present interest, with her accustomed alacrity.
"Yes, I think it is pretty," Hope answered quietly.
"Very pretty; I really think it is prettier than mine, and what a nice red color it has! Who made it, do you know?"