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The story teller (1910)

Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 363

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324 The Story Teller I know not what. Through thy beauty this ruin hascome upon us ! Yes, indeed! this service is no light one ! It takesnine years to get there, and nine years to get back again, eighteen years … in all, and God onlyknows if it can bemanaged even then! Whats to bedone then, and whatwill become of me ? Pray to God andlie down to sleep,the morning iswiser than the evening. To-morrow you will know all. The archer lay down to sleep, and his wife sat watch-ing till midnight; then she opened her…

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