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THE SPRIG OF ROSEMARY
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heart they would be married and live happy for ever after.

And the maiden said 'yes, she would,' and so they were married.

The next day the old dame who looked after the house handed her all the keys, but pointed her out one

black and white illustration of a woman in the middle of picking a sprig of rosemary looking behind her in surprise where a man has stepped out of the bushes.
THE MAIDEN PLUCKS THE ROSEMARY

that she would do well never to use, for if she did the whole palace would fall to the ground, and the grass would grow over it, and the damsel herself would be remembered no more.

The bride promised to be careful, but in a little while, when there was nothing left for her to do, she began to