Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 466
If I may, Madam, he answered. Thank you. Then the clock-man turned the clock about, andopened a little door in the back, and took a tinyscrew-driver from his bag. With the screw-driverhe worked for a minute at the insides of theclock, and then he took out something strange andlaid it on the table.… … GOOD MORNING, CHILDREN, HE SAID IN THE PLEASANTEST OF TONES. So Mrs. Wallace brought bread and butter, apitcher of milk, some gingerbread, and a littlejelly. He began to eat, and she went away; butthe children stayed, and stared till the clock-manwas almost embarrassed. Nevertheless, he man-aged to…
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