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Two Little Pilgrims' Progress

them as they left the table, and talked with them a little.

So this eventful evening they lingered about until all the rest had gone, and even went their way with cautious glances about them when they crept out after supper to their trysting-place with matches, the battered old coffee-pot, and the eggs.


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Meg looked rather like a little witch as she stood over the bubbling old pot.

As they made their preparations, they found themselves talking in whispers, though there was not the least chance of anyone hearing them. Meg looked rather like a little witch as she stood over the