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14 taste of them so much the more.

“Do you not think,” said he to Sarah, “that these apples must be very juicy and sweet?”

“They are not mine, brother,” said Sarah, “and I have no desire for them; and if I do not look at them, nor think about them, I shall not desire to have them.” When she had said this she went out of the room, into the garden, and sat down on a little bench, which their aunt had kindly made for her little