NO CINDERELLA
duke: a duke that had money and everything."
"And everything: is that castles?" I inquired.
"Nonsense!"
"Well, between you and me and the gate-post, Miss Nancy will be engaged within two months."
"No!" excitedly.
"It is written."
"And to whom, pray?"
"It's the woman's place to announce an engagement. But I know the man."
"He is worthy?"
"Oh, as men go."
Then the water-clock in the fountain struck twelve, and I sprang up.
"Mercy, I'll never find any Cinder-
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