The Resolute Leaden Soldier.
straight into the fire to the leaden Soldier, blazed up, and—she was gone!
The Soldier melted together in a lump, and the next morning, when the maid came to take away the ashes, she found his remains in the form of a little leaden heart. Of the Dancer, however, nothing but the spangle remained, and that was burnt as black as a coal.
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