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in it, with teeth long enough, and white enough too, for the lineal

descendant of the greatest ogre that ever was o near her"

In such talk as this the night wore on When supper was finished, which

lasted some time, my hostess conducted h of it already," she said, "I would have put

you in another room, which looks towards the forest; and where you

wouldmore of its inhabitants For they

frequently pass the , and even enter the roohts in it, at certain seasons of the year I airl, who sleeps

in it always But this room looks southward towards the open country,

and they never show themselves here; at least I never saw any"

I was soht have, of

the inhabitants of Fairy Land; but the effect of the farmer's company,

and of my own later adventures, was such, that I chose rather an

undisturbed night in my more human quarters; which, with their clean

white curtains and white linen, were very inviting to my weariness