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himself a wife after a little while,
and she chanced to be an evily-
disposed woman, who looked with
disfavour on her stepdaughter,
treating her with contempt, and
coldness, and spite, so much so
that the unhappy child used to
complain of the ill-treatment she
received to her teacher, saying to
her, "O God, would that thou
hadst been my darling mother,
thou who lovest me and art always
caressing me!' And so long did she
continue this song that the
governess at last lent a pleased ear
to it, and blinded by Satan, spake
to the child thus : 'If __

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