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hey had been living for a year in this
seclusion when the merchant received
a letter informing him that a ship on
which he had some merchandise had
just come safely home.The news nearly
turned the heads of the two elder girls, for they
thought that at last they would be able to quit
their dull life in the country. When they saw their
father ready to set out they begged him to bring
them back dresses, furs, caps, and finery of every
kind. Beauty asked for nothing, thinking to
herself that all the money which the merchandise
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