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"A priest Once I lived in the s, when the snoas not too deep He taught s besides I know that Italy has all the works of art; that France has thehistory; that Germany has all the philosophers, and A a smile "I should like to see Ah"

"History?"

"A little, and geography"

"With all this wide learning you ought to be soeese"

"It is honest work, and that is good"

"I , Kindchen But you would find it easier in aof that order"

"With these?"--holding out her hands

"It would not take long to whiten them Do you live alone?"

"No I live with rand care of her She has always been good towhat?"--inquisitive in her turn

"Oh, the other does not endheit?" She paused to look at him more closely "We are not friendly with your country"

"More's the pity It is a grave blunder on the part of the grand duke There is a hter?"

"Yes But she has been found Yet the duke is as bitter as of old He is wrong, he was alrong" The old"What is this new-found princess like?"

"She is beautiful and kind"

"So?"

The geese were behaving, and only occasionally was she obliged to use her stick And as her companion asked no more questions, she devoted her attention to the flock, proud of their broad backs and full breasts

On his part, he observed her critically, for he was more than curious now, he was interested She was not tall, but her lithe slenderness gave her the appearance of tallness Her hands, rough-nailed and sunburnt, were sht have ithout trouble Cinderella's ic slipper Her clothes, coarse and homespun, were clean and variously mended Her hair, in a thick braid, was the tone of the heart of a chestnut-bur, and her eyes were of thatto whether the sky was clear or overcast And there was soentleness and a purity; none of the bold, rollicking, knowing irls He conteave her in fancy the tariffing furbelows of a woman of fashion; she would have been beautiful