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"But where are your nails?" says she, where she sat watching

"Our nails be too few and precious," quoth I, pausing to re-sharpen ether with pegs"

"Why then," says she readily, "let s"

"Spoke like a true coet you are--"

"A woman?" she questioned as I paused; and I wondered to see her eyes so bright and shining "Here is twice you have na as I may You soether years ago, and 'tis a good nas for our table" So I showed her how to split divers lengths of wood and shape these as round and sht be, the while I bored holes for them with a heated iron; and thus we sat side by side at our labour, seldoth, with her assistance, I began setting the fra it with hty secure; last of all I laid the boards across and, pinning these in place, there was our table; and though it was rude and primitive so far as looks went, yet very serviceable ere to find it

"Well, Martin," says she, when I had borne it into our cave, "methinks my shelves and cupboard are none so far to seek!" Here she falls to patting this unlovely thing and viewing it as it were the wonder of the world; and I th

"'Tis over-heavy," says I, giving it a final shake, "but 'twill serve!"

"To adentle hand "To-night ill sup from it Which reone, Martin, though we have plenty of plantains left" So I told her I would go fetch what remained of the carcass after supper, so soon as the moon rose And nohiles she bustled to and fro, I chose ht watch her at her labours, began to carve her the hair pin I had proood larder!" says she busy at her new table preparing supper

"Aye"

"'Tis so marvellous cool!"

"Aye"

"I think, because the pool lieth above it"