Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 504
not been out in the sun for solong that it had turned yellow as saffron.Down in one cobwebby corner the Three WiseMen sat, hunting desperately through all therealms of science and philosophy for an answer.The walls were chalked full of mathematicalproblems so abstruse that it made Hansshead ache to… … THE THREE WISE MEN. Hans rubbed his knees. You dont callthis fast, do you ? said he. Well, so slow, then, bellowed the Captain. Where are you going ? I wish I knew ! replied Hans. Oh, pshaw ! let him go, cried one. Heis a fool. Not so, interposed another. Not so;for any fool would know where he was…
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