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The song ended, Scantlie Mab asked Habetrot what she meant by her last line, "Unseen by all but me alone."



"There is one," replied Habetrot, "whom I bid to come here at this hour, and he has heard my song through the self-bored stone." So saying she rose, opened another door, which was concealed by the roots of an old tree, and invited the pair to come in and see her family.