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to Duchess, who had been left by herself, sitting before the fire, sighing and groaning and feeling very unhappy.

"How could I have swallowed it! such a large hard thing as a patty-pan!"

She got up and went to the table, and felt inside the pie-dish again with a spoon.

"No; there is no patty-pan, and I put one in; and nobody has eaten pie except me, so I must have swallowed it!" 45