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"Thank you, Black Sheep," said the little boy; "you are very kind, and I shall always think of you when I wear my new coat." The next day the sheep were all sheared, and the Black Sheep's fleece made three big bagsful.
He did not doubt my honesty, and I astonished him by taking him quite in earnest. He has dealt with diplomatists, who imagine nothing but shuffling: the old Ironer! I love him for his love of common sense, his contempt of mean deceit. He will outwit you, but his dexterity is a giant's a simple evolution rapidly performed: and nothing so much perplexes pygmies! Then he has them, bagsful of them!
Finally the time came to shear the sheep again, and the farmer and his man came into the pasture to look at them, and were surprised to see what a fine, big fleece the Black Sheep had grown. "There will be three bagsful at the least," said the master, "and I will keep my promise and give one to the little boy in the lane. But, my goodness! how scraggly and poor the old ram looks.
He did not doubt my honesty, and I astonished him by taking him quite in earnest. He has dealt with diplomatists, who imagine nothing but shuffling: the old Ironer! I love him for his love of common sense, his contempt of mean deceit. He will outwit you, but his dexterity is a giant's a simple evolution rapidly performed: and nothing so much perplexes pygmies! Then he has them, bagsful of them!
"My dear Rachael," he said, "you have already bagsful of gold about the place." "They are safe," she assured him, "absolutely safe. They never leave my person. I feel them as I sit. I sleep with them at night. I am going to bed now. Bertrand!" "Well?" he asked. She pointed to him with long forefinger, a forefinger aflame with jewels. "Look! We play with no fortune-telling here.
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