Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 154
t caused me to hft my head fromthe friendly shelter of the blanket,perhaps because I found that themosquitoes were biting through it. Anyhow, as I didso I heard Job whisper, in a frightened voice — Oh, my stars, look there ! Instantly we all of us looked, and this was what wesaw in the moonhght.… … 130 The Animal Story Book What is it? asked I. It is those blamed lions, sir, answered Job, in atone which suggested an odd mixture of a sense ofpersonal injury, habitual respect, and acknowledgedfear, and they are swimming here to heat us, headded nervously, picking up an h in his agitation. I…
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