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Neither as cats with paws, nor landladies, with soaring bills, did they ever rob travelers again. NEITHER AS CATS WITH PAWS NOR LANDLADIES WITH SOARING BILLS DID THEY EVER ROB TRAVELERS AGAIN
 was admitted to the sick lady's room. After polite greetings and mutual compliments, Hugh offered his hand to say "good-by." The sick lady smiled at once and put out her hand, but it was her left one. "Oh, no," said Hugh, with a laugh. "I never in all my life have taken any one's left hand, and, beautiful as yours is, I won't break my habit by beginning now and here." Reluctantly, and as if in pain, the sick lady put out her hand. It was bandaged. The mystery was now cleared up. The two sisters were cats. By the help of bad fairies they had changed their forms and were the real robbers. Hugh seized the hand of the other sister and made a little cut in it, from which a few drops of blood flowed, but the spell was over. "Henceforth," said Hugh, "you are both harmless, and I trust you will both be honest women." And they were. From that day they were like other women, and kept one of the best of those inns--clean, tidy, comfortable and at modest prices--for which Wales is, or was, noted. E IN SPITE OF THE OTHER LADY'S MANY EXCUSES HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE SICK LADY'S ROOM AFTER POLITE GREETINGS AND MUTUAL COMPLIMENTS HUGH OFFERED HIS HAND TO SAY GOOD BYE BUT THE SICK LADY SMILED AT ONCE AND PUT OUT HER HAND BUT IT WAS HER LEFT ONE OH NO SAID YOU WITH A LAUGH I NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE HAVE TAKEN ANY ONE'S LEFT HAND AND AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOURS IS I WON'T BREAK MY HABIT BEGINNING NOW AND HERE RELUCTANTLY AS IF IN PAIN THE SICK LADY PUT OUT HER HAND IT WAS BANDAGED THE MYSTERY WAS NOW CLEARED UP THE TWO SISTERS WERE CATS BY THE HELP OF BAD FAIRIES THEY HAD CHANGED THEIR FORMS AND WERE THE REAL ROBBERS YOU SEIZED THE HAND OF THE OTHER SISTER AND MADE A LITTLE CUT IN IT FROM WHICH A FEW DROPS OF BLOOD FLOWED BUT THE SPELL WAS OVER HENCEFORTH SAID YOU YOU ARE BOTH HARMLESS AND I TRUST YOU WILL BE BOTH HONEST WOMEN AND THEY WERE FROM THAT DAY THEY WERE LIKE OTHER WOMEN AND KEPT ONE OF THE BEST OF THOSE INNS CLEAN TIDY COMFORTABLE AND AT MODERATE PRICES FOR WHICH WALES IS OR WAS NOTED
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