Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 98
y set open, and darted Androcles and the Lion 75 forward with erected mane and flaming eyes, and jawsthat gaped hke an open sepulchre. A mournfulsilence instantly prevailed. All eyes were directlyturned upon the victim, whose destruction now ap-peared inevitable. But the pity of the multitude… … over him as a mo-ther that unex-pectedly recoversher offspring.The governor ofthe town, whowas present, thencalled out with a loud voice, and ordered Androcles toexplain to them this mystery. Androcles then related to the assembly every circum-stance of his adventures in the woods, and concludedby…
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