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 He said, "I have travelled a wearisome way; From Cherith to-day I have hied; I have passed by no fountain my thirst to allay, Then fetch me a draught of cold water, I pray,  Lest I perish with thirst at thy side."

She turned, and again to the woman he spoke, "A stranger am I in the land, And since in compassion my thirst thou wilt slake, Remember I also am hunger'd, and take A morsel of bread in thy hand."

She answered, "As liveth thy Maker and Lord, No bread for thy hunger have I; Of oil but a little my cruise can afford, But an handful of meal in my barrel is stor'd,  And from none can I ask a supply.

"For fuel to dress this small portion, to-day, To the gates of the city I hie, And now with these sticks I return on my way, That my son and myself may our hunger allay,  Then calmly resign us to die."