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The Porter Took His Basket and Followed the Lady

jar,” said the lady to the porter, “and put it into the basket.” This being done, she walked on; the porter still exclaiming, “Oh, day of happiness! Oh, day of agreeable surprise and joy!”

The lady stopped at a fruit shop, where she bought some apples, apricots, peaches, lemons, citrons, oranges, myrtles, sweet basil, lilies, jessamine, and some other plants. She told the porter to put all those things into his basket and follow her. Passing by a butcher’s shop, she ordered five and twenty

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