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'I think I have heard something of your secret. You have a pair of spectacles, I believe, that you value very much, because your grandmother brought them as a marriage portion to your grandfather. Now, if you think fit to sell me those spectacles, I will pay you the largest market price for them. What do you say?' I THINK I HAVE HEARD SOMETHING OF YOUR SECRET YOU HAVE A PAIR OF SPECTACLES I BELIEVE THAT YOU VALUE VERY MUCH BECAUSE YOUR GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT THEM AS A MARRIAGE PORTION TO YOUR GRANDFATHER NOW IF YOU THINK FIT TO SELL ME THOSE SPECTACLES I WILL PAY YOU THE LARGEST MARKET PRICE FOR THEM WHAT DO YOU SAY
through the glasses, that a cherub smiled upon me, or a rose was blooming in my button-hole, then I felt myself imperfect and impure, not fit to be leading and training what was so essentially superior to myself, and I kissed the children and left them weeping and wondering. "In despair I went to a great merchant on the island, and asked him to employ me. "'My dear young friend,' said he, 'I understand that you have some singular secret, some charm, or spell, or amulet, or something, I don't know what, of which people are afraid. Now you know, my dear,' said the merchant, swelling up, and apparently prouder of his great stomach than of his large fortune, 'I am not of that kind. I am not easily frightened. You may spare yourself the pain of trying to impose upon me. People who propose to come to time before I arrive, are accustomed to arise very early in the morning,' said he, thrusting his thumbs in the armholes of his waistcoat, and spreading the fingers like two fans, upon his bosom. ROR AND RAN AWAY OR IF IT SEEMED TO ME THROUGH THE GLASSES THAT A CHERUB SMILED UPON ME OR A ROSE WAS BLOOMING IN MY BUTTONHOLE THEN I FELT MYSELF IMPERFECT AND IMPURE NOT FIT TO BE LEADING AND TRAINING WHAT WAS SO ESSENTIALLY SUPERIOR TO MYSELF AND I KISSED THE CHILDREN AND LEFT THEM WEEPING AND WONDERING IN DESPAIR I WENT TO A GREAT MERCHANT ON THE ISLAND AND ASKED HIM TO EMPLOY ME MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND SAID HE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SOME SINGULAR SECRET SOME CHARM OR SPELL OR AMULATE OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHAT OF WHICH PEOPLE ARE AFRAID NOW YOU KNOW MY DEAR SAID THE MERCHANT SWELLING UP AND APPARENTLY PROUDER OF HIS GREAT STOMACH THAN OF HIS LARGE FORTUNE I AM NOT OF THAT KIND I AM NOT EASILY FRIGHTENED YOU MAY SPARE YOURSELF THE PAIN OF TRYING TO IMPOSE UPON ME PEOPLE WHO PROPOSE TO COME TO TIME BEFORE I ARRIVE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO ARISE VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING SAID HE THRUSTING HIS THUMBS IN THE ARMHOLES OF HIS WAISTCOAT AND SPREADING THE FINGERS LIKE TWO FANS UPON HIS BOSOM
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