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blacksmith--very humbly at your service"

"Peter--S the sound of it,

hesitating at the surname exactly as I had done "Peter--Sain was a

pause between the two names

"Yours is a very beautiful name," said I, "especially the

Charly one!"

"Yes?"

"Especially the--Peter!"

"Indeed, I quite agree with you," said I, rising, "and now, if I

an to

dry ht on account of my injured thumb,

while she watched

fro at , half amused, that I had seen there more than once

already Wherefore, to hide fro

the cut infaster than ever

"Oh, you are very clu the towel froan to stanch the blood with

it "If you will sit down, I will bind it up for you"

"Really, it is quite unnecessary," I demurred