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"Squire and knight should be friends," said he: "can you take ht hand I grasped it

willingly and strongly Not a word n to his horse, which again began his slow march, and I walked beside

and a little behind

We had not gone very far before we arrived at a little cottage; from

which, as we drew near, a woman rushed out with the cry:

"My child! my child! have you found ht, "but she is sorely hurt I was

forced to leave her with the hermit, as I returned You will find her

there, and I think she will get better You see I have brought you

a present This wretch will not hurt you again" And he undid the

creature's neck, and flung the frightful burden down by the cottage

door

The woht in the wood; but the husband stood

at the door, with speechless thanks in his face

"You ht "If I had arrived a moment

later, I should have been too late But now you need not fear, for such

a creature as this very rarely appears, in the sa a