Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 371
let us s-s-see what it is ! So with care I began to untie the string, andthis took some little time. At length it was free,and off came the paper. Inside this we foundanother covering of parchment to keep it dry,and, beneath this again, a leaf of silvered paper.So carefully was the little bundle… … WHO WAS THAT LOOKING IN AT THE DOOR? misgives me that I did wrong to give it away solightly. Mayhap there s a portrait of the lovelylady as well as the lock of her hair. T is mine now, at any rate, I made answer,and, carefully taking off the silvered paper, Iheld up the contents of the parcel for…
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