Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 436
iminish.Amid the shouting and the noise of trampingsoldiery, Mechie heard a low, faint mew at thedoor. It is our Nebuchadnezzar, she thought;and she went to the door and opened it. Sure enough, it was Nebuchadnezzar, who igos-] THE OLD WIDOW AND HER CAT. 913 rushed in with a glad cry, but behind… … she tried in all the shops to get work to do. I am only a poor widow, but such as Ihave I give you, answered Mechie. Mylord, enter. Never before had the powerful Earl of Flan-ders entered so humble an abode ; but he wasglad even for this refuge, for his strait wasdesperate. The widow conducted him…
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