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I should have ill endured, the day before, to be called BOY; but now the

motherly kindness of the ent to my heart; and, like a boy indeed,

I burst into tears She soothedme into

a room, made me lie down on a settle, while she went to find me some

refreshment She soon returned with food, but I could not eat She

almost compelled me to s some wine, when I revived sufficiently to

be able to answer some of her questions I told her the whole story

"It is just as I feared," she said; "but you are now for the night

beyond the reach of any of these dreadful creatures It is no wonder

they could delude a child like you But Iyou, when s; for he thinksof the sort But I must believe ive him no intimations

of this kind I think he could spend the whole of Midsummer-eve in

the wood and co worse than

hi better than

hiiven him"