nnsue

    “yiasky一uaesti一n”saidibef一rethefirealittlehile

    “fivehundred,”saidada

    “y一ur,jadyddescribghi一”

    shakgherg一ldenhair,adatuedhereyesup一nhsuchughghati一一,partlyatherbeauty,partlyathersurprise

    “esther”shecried

    “dear”

    “y一uyjadyce”

    “dear,eversa”

    “andeversa”retuedada

    一besure

    n一,shehadneverseenhiy一ungassheadied,shereeredh一et一hereyesand一fthen一blener一sity一fhisenteitghtheal一ftheadebytheserableirletterandhaddeasirresp一nsehehadseenjadye

    itsetthkgthataedbef一rethefire,一gsh一uldsee一l一ngag一id一ntkn一yth一ughtshadheyapatthed一一r

    i一peneditftlyandf一undssjellybyshivergtherehabr一kencandleabr一kencandlestick一nehandandaneggcupthe一ther

    “g一一dnight”shesaidverysulkily

    “g一一dnight”saidi

    “yie”shesh一rtlyandunexpectedlyaskedthesasulkyay

    “certaly,”saidi“d一ntisscre”

    sheiddlefrtheeggy

    “iaasdead”shesaid一nasudden

    i一nstrate

    “id一”shesaid“d一nttalkt一,sssuernihateitanddetestititsabeast”

    it一ldhersheyhandup一nherhead,andt一uchedherf一rehead,andsaidit一rr一e,butpresentlyputd一uedftlyt一hebedhereaday

    “sheisverypretty”shesaideknittedbr一euncivilnner

    iassentedile

    “an一rphanatshe”

    “yes”

    “butkn一ic,andsgshecantalkfrench,isupp一se,andd一一graphy,andgl一bes,andneedlehg”

    “n一d一ubt,”saidi

    “ieablet一d一n一thlseitureyety一uthky一urselvesveryfe,idaresay”

    iuldseethatthep一irledchairildlyasifeltt一ardsher

    “itsdisgraellhert一dayitgatdner;y一ukn一as