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Rh looked out of the window and saw a well-dressed woman entering his yard. She had with her two little girls, who were dressed in rich furs and had handsome shawls upon their heads. The children greatly resembled each other. Indeed, they were so much alike that it was difficult to tell them apart, the only difference between them being that the right leg of one was shorter than the other, which caused the girl to walk lame.

They entered the porch, and the woman, finding the knob of the door after a time, turned it, and, pushing the children into the room before her, followed immediately after, saying:

"Bosses, how do you do?"

"You are welcome," answered Simeon; "what can we do for you?"

The woman seated herself by the table while the little girls pressed close to her knees. They were very bashful in the presence of strangers.

"I would like you to make shoes for my little