Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 75
nd wheedlesomeways first suggested to her the idea of puttinghim into a book. She has therefore put uponhim the love-making and behavior of variousadorers of her youthful days. Dear little friends, if I have told you all youwish to know, and shown that you need haveno fear of being thought… … Old Ivan (John) goes out into the garden to pulla turnip for dinner. The ground is hard and the roots are long, so hiswife Masha (Mary) conies out to help him.
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