DescriptionThe golden slipper--House of clocks--message.png
English: Illustration from scan of the book "The golden slipper and other stories" (1915): text Anna Katharine Green; illustration A. I. Keller; publisher AL Burt Co., New York.
Depicts a message in stitching on a white cloth Relevant text: For, upon examining the stitches more carefully, I perceived that what I had considered a mere decorative pattern was in fact a string of letters, and that these letters made words, and that these words were:
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Or, in plain writing: "I do not want to die, but I surely will if——"
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Illustration from the book "The golden slipper and other stories" (1915): text Anna Katharine Green; illustration A. I. Keller. [Needle stitching text: I DO NOT WANT | TO DIE BUT I SU-| RELY WILL IF]