2013年5月24日星期五

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tempting fiend. Saint Elizabeth, the tutelar saint of the land, the

pious princess of Thuringia, whose good deeds have been immortalized

in so many places through stories and legends, had greater beauty

and more real grace. Her picture hung in the chapel, surrounded by

silver lamps; but it did not in the least resemble Molly.

The apple-tree, which the two children had planted, grew year

after year, till it became so large that it had to be transplanted

into the garden, where the dew fell and the sun shone warmly. And

there it increased in strength so much as to be able to withstand

the cold of winter; and after passing through the severe weather, it

seemed to put forth its blossoms in spring for very joy that the

cold season had gone. In autumn it produced two apples, one for

Molly and one for Anthony; it could not well do less. The tree after

this grew very rapidly, and Molly grew with the tree. She was as fresh

as an apple-blossom, but Anthony was not to behold this flower for

long. All things change; Molly's father left his old home, and Molly

went with him far away. In our time, it would be only a journey of a

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