Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 186
remained upone day and one night, the inscription was alteredin the night, and in place of the kings name wasanother, and it was the name of a poor woman, sothat now it stood written that she had built thesplendid cathedral. This enraged the king to the highest degree, andhe immediately had her… … replaced in the inscription, and for the third timeit vanished, and the other appeared in its stead.Then the king perceived that it was the finger ofGod which had written, and he sent for the womanand brought her before his throne. Full of anguishand terror, she stood in the presence of the…
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