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of surprise. He remained seated as if transfixed, with his eyes opened wide, with his fork in the air, and with his mouth full of bread and cauliflower.
“What has caused this surprise?” the good woman asked, laughing.
“What!” replied Pinocchio, stuttering. “What!—how you resemble—yes! yes! yes!—with the blue hair, too, just like her! Oh, my little Fairy, tell me that it is you! Do not let me cry any more! If you only knew how much I have cried!—how much I have suffered!”
And saying this, Pinocchio wept a flood of tears and, throwing himself on his knees, clung to the mysterious woman.
