Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 46
to himself, If I must die, yet I shallnow have the comfort of leaving my children some riches. He returned to the room he had slept in and founda great many pieces of gold. He filled the chest withthem to the very brim, locked it, and mounting hishorse, left the palace as sorry as he had been… … 16 The Story Teller of kissing them with joy could not help crying as helooked at them. He held in his hand the bunch ofroses, and gave them to Beauty, saying, Take theseroses. Beauty; but little do you think how dear theyhave cost your poor father; and then he gave them anaccount of all that he…
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