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He had been sent on a long errand outside the gates in the afternoon, over the frozen fields and the broad white snow, and had been belated, and had thought he had heard the wolves behind him at every step, and had reached the town in a great state of terror, thankful with all his little panting heart to see the oil-lamp burning under the first house-shrine.
Before he could answer I offered him a cup of tea, hoping it would cool him off, and asked him to tell me his special grievance. He said it was the custom in his house for each member of the family to go before the house-shrine and, kneeling, bow the head to the floor three times. It was most dangerous. The gods would surely avenge such disrespect.
He had been sent on a long errand outside the gates in the afternoon, over the frozen fields and broad white snow, and had been belated, and had thought he had heard the wolves behind him at every step, and had reached the town in a great state of terror, thankful with all his little panting heart to see the oil-lamp burning under the first house-shrine.
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