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Eben Holden
Irving Bacheller
Eben Holden
Irving Bacheller
Book Excerpt: ...em, so it took the heat of the flame, as I had seen him do in the morning. Our grotto, in the corn, was shortly as cheerful as any room in a palace, and our fire sent its light into the long aisles that opened opposite, and nobody could see the warm glow of it but ourselves.'We'll hev our supper, ' said Uncle Eb, as he opened a paper and spread out the eggs and bread and butter and crackers. 'We'll jest hev our supper an' by 'n by when everyone's abed we'll make tracks in the dirt, I can'tell ye.'Our supper over, Uncle Eb let me look at his tobacco-box - a shiny thing of German silver that always seemed to snap out a quick farewell to me before it dove into his pocket. He was very cheerful and communicative, and joked a good deal as we lay there waiting in the firelight. I got some further acquaintance with the swift, learning among other things that it had no appetite for the pure in heart.'Why not?' I enquired.'Well, ' said Uncle Eb, 'it's like this: the meaner the boy, the sweeter the meat.
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 25 stycznia 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9798556276598 |
Wydawcy | Independently Published |
Strony | 224 |
Wymiary | 152 × 229 × 12 mm · 303 g |
Język | English |
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