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her maiden, she thought to put him
out of the world; so she flung a hot
bullet-mold at his face. Since
Canneloro stooped down, she hit
him over the brow and made an
ugly wound. She was just going to
repeat the blow when his son
Fonzo came in; so, pretending that
she was only come in to see how he
was, she gave him some caresses
and went away.
Candleaurum, pulling his hat
down on his forehead, said
nothing, so that Fonzo could not
know the event, though he was
burning with the pain. But as soon
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