Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 86
there is noharm done, after all; for this time you havemarked the spot, and can pursue your investi-gations. Open the door first, and look into the homethat it guards; but how difficult it is to openthat door! You succeed in lifting it gently,about an eighth of an inch, just enough to seethe tenant… … shut again. Onreturning to theattack, you areagain baffled. Thesturdy householderdefends her prem-ises with a desperatestrength; so deter-mined is her opposition, indeed, that you finallydesist, lest the delicate hinge of the lid should bebroken in the struggle. Failing to take her house by storm,…
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